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 [email protected].

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 [email protected], on Twitter @jfiur or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafiur/.

Jessica Fiur, Editor-in-Chief

Flexible Design for CRE Success

By Jessica Fiur | October 30, 2024

Architects are planning for change in advance, to the benefit of their bottom line.

Greater Green

By Anna Spiewak | April 1, 2015

The war is over, and green won.

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Mortgage Musings

By Anna Spiewak | February 2, 2015

The industry has long anticipated the wave of refinancings that starts this year.

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The Positive Side

By Anna Spiewak | December 26, 2014

The fact is, forecasting is an art.

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Achieving Success

By Anna Spiewak | December 1, 2014

We have been producing our Executive of the Year Awards, in some format, for 18 years now. Determined by a peer vote but based on a ballot put together by our editorial team, the awards honor top-level commercial real estate executives for achievements and strategies of the past year.

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Elections and Reform

By Anna Spiewak | November 4, 2014

We are once again in the midst of a midterm election, and that circumstance is not promising for a number of real estate-influencing pieces of legislation. While the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is generally expected to be passed in some form before it sunsets at the end of the year, the Foreign Investment in Real…

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Building Confidence

By Michelle Matteson | September 30, 2014

Recently, two columnists in the same issue of our capital markets newsletter addressed current events, each taking a different perspective. One acknowledged the current spate of bad news around the world but took a positive view of the U.S. economy; the other termed optimism about U.S. economic performance misguided.

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The Next Big Thing

By Michelle Matteson | September 9, 2014

Investors and developers are always looking for the next big opportunity, and these days there are plenty of them. What’s more, there are quite a number that so far appear to have strong growth prospects.

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Ubiquitous Technology

By Anna Spiewak | July 29, 2014

Technology leaves few industries and corners of the economy untouched today. As its tools become ever more powerful and sophisticated, the Digital Age is reshaping how we live, work and play, often in subtle ways. For that reason, change is happening everywhere, regardless of market size or business mix. In business, the effects of technological…

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Energy Matters

By Anna Spiewak | July 1, 2014

Energy has become a paramount priority for commercial real estate owners and operators.

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Healthy Prospects

By Anna Spiewak | May 30, 2014

U.S. healthcare has repeatedly been compared to what’s offered in other countries, as politicians, insurance executives, medical professionals and a variety of other players consider new alternatives.

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