Editor's Note

Editorial Director Suzann D. Silverman

Suzann D. Silverman is editorial director of CPE. She has covered the commercial and multifamily real estate industry since 1995, becoming editor-in-chief of Commercial Property Executive (formerly Commercial Property News) in 1998 and editorial director of both CPE and Multi-Housing News in 2016. She is also serving a second term as a board member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. You can reach her at suzann.silverman@cpe-mhn.com.

Editor-in-Chief Jessica Fiur

Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.

Jessica has been with the company since 2011 and previously was with Weekly Reader and IQPC. Contact Jessica at jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com, on Twitter @jfiur or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafiur/.

Suzann D. Silverman, Editorial Director

Real Estate Finance’s January Thaw

By Suzann D. Silverman | February 3, 2025

Last month’s frigid temperatures did not include the usual break this year, but the economic climate for real estate finance did. And hopefully it will continue.

Spring Voices

By Paul Rosta | June 2, 2016

Words of caution, yet not necessarily pessimism, as 2016’s midpoint nears.

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Shopping with Mr. H

By Paul Rosta | May 3, 2016

How retailers are reimagining and refreshing their offerings to draw in customers.

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Sustaining Measures

By Paul Rosta | April 12, 2016

What should be the sustainability movement’s top priorities?

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Gen Excellent

By Paul Rosta | March 3, 2016

Warning: the March issue of CPE contains data that you may find distressing. Here are the numbers in question: 37, 38, 30, 36 and 34. Although they look like the vacancy rates from a random batch of hard-luck submarkets, these figures actually represent the ages of the young men and women selected as CPE’s 2016…

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The Eeyore Factor

By Paul Rosta | February 15, 2016

Any reporter who’s been covering real estate finance for a while would probably confess to harboring a mild streak of Eeyore. Like Christopher Robin’s stalwart but pessimistic donkey pal, we’re absolutely convinced that a cloud lurks behind every silver lining. In my defense, I come by my Eeyore streak honestly. When I started at CPE’s…

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Decoding 2016

By Mallory Bulman | January 15, 2016

Paul Rosta, executive editor of CPE, shares his insights on what’s ahead for 2016.

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Sunset on 2015

By Suzann Silverman | December 4, 2015

It’s been a fun-filled year, with the promise of an exciting encore in 2016.

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The Price of Energy

By Anna Spiewak | October 1, 2015

How long the U.S. energy market could endure declining crude prices in the face of global overproduction?

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Active Investors

By the Editors of Commercial Property Executive | August 28, 2015

With commercial property values rising, the stars are aligning for an exciting finish to 2015.

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Advancing Technology

By Anna Spiewak | August 3, 2015

Welcome to the Age of Smart Buildings.

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