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/.

Suzann D. Silverman, Editorial Director

When Will Investment Volume Return?

By Suzann D. Silverman | December 4, 2024

Remember when December was a busy month for dealmakers?

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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Retail’s Progression

By Anna Spiewak | May 9, 2014

While retail development is proliferating around the world, according to a CBRE Global research study, there has been little need to add to the U.S. retail stock.

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Green Growth

By Anna Spiewak | April 3, 2014

The fact that the number of companies with chief sustainability officers continues to increase on our ranking of greenest companies makes a real statement about the direction the real estate industry is taking. Rising from 12 out of 25 two years ago to 14 last year to more than 20 out of 27 this year—nearly…

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Evolving E-Commerce

By Anna Spiewak | March 12, 2014

Internet purchases make up only about 9 percent of all retail sales, but their impact far outstrips that deceptively modest share. The rapid growth of online shopping is creating a palpable demand for specialized delivery streams, which are expanding steadily as retailers experiment with the best ways to serve their customers. Meanwhile, Amazon is unrelentingly…

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Repair, Replace, Recover

By Anna Spiewak | February 13, 2014

At press time, Congress had just approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill funding the federal government until September. A follow-on to the two-year budget accord achieved in December, it marked progress after three years of partisan infighting that hit a nadir last October with the first shutdown of the federal government in 17 years. Besides…

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New Year’s Resolutions

By Suzann D. Silverman | December 13, 2013

This new year brings promise of further economic improvement, but as I noted last month, it brings ample challenges, as well. Improving occupancy, more widely available financing and renewed development all offer cause for optimism, yet we also face re-emergence of the national debt default threat and a likely rise in interest rates. Federal government…

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Federal Effects

By Anna Spiewak | December 3, 2013

It’s been quite a year. From inauguration to sequestration to the extension of quantitative easing to the two-week shutdown, the federal government’s actions have taken the country on an economic roller-coaster ride. While overall the economy has grown and employment has improved, the ups and downs that have occurred along the way have injected at…

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Still a Place for Suburbia?

By Anna Spiewak | November 12, 2013

During the past few years, the return to the cities has been at the center of attention as legions of new graduates and retirees, members of the massive Millennial and Baby Boomer generations, have gravitated to the jobs, entertainment and more accessible lifestyles increasingly offered in these walkable urban areas. Companies have long since shifted…

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Global World

By Anna Spiewak | September 26, 2013

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold,” Prince Klemens von Metternich, first state chancellor of the Austrian Empire, commented during France’s reign of power in 1830. Some variation of the prince’s remark has been applied to many dominant nations over the years, but nowadays pretty much any country can sneeze and the whole world feels a…

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The Fickle Market

By Anna Spiewak | September 16, 2013

As the economy recovers, investors and lenders alike have been eagerly pouring money back into real estate.

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