(RALEIGH) -- The Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) has selected Pinehurst to host the group’s bi-annual meeting.  Gov. Beverly Perdue announce on Thursday that the event will take place April 26 through 30, 2014.

“North Carolina is a premier location and we welcome these important decision makers to our state,” said Perdue.  “This is tremendous opportunity to highlight our top-ranked business climate, our well educated workforce, and our terrific quality of life to senior executives and economic developers from across the country.”

The professional forum will bring more than 350 senior executive leaders from across the U.S. to Pinehurst.  IAMC is considered the leading national association of industrial asset management executives, corporate real estate executives and economic developers.

The North Carolina Department of Commerce and the Friends of North Carolina will host the Forum.