Diana Firtea

Diana Firtea is an associate editor with Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News. She has been with the company for almost four years and joined the CPE-MHN team in 2022. Diana writes stories on different topics, mainly focusing on the affordable, senior, office and retail markets. You can reach out to her at diana.firtea@cpe-mhn.com.

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Industrial Report: Data Center Backlash Tests Development Boom

Public resistance to data center construction is adding a new layer of uncertainty for industrial development, even as rents rise and construction starts regain momentum.

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Q&A: Cohen & Steers’ Ji Zhang on Leveraging Uncertainty

How the senior vice president & portfolio manager for global real estate identifies inflection points and knows when to rethink an investment thesis.

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Top 5 Industrial Projects Under Construction in Atlanta

The metro’s pipeline is characterized by large-scale projects.

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Industrial Report: EV Manufacturing Slows, Demand Holds

The electric vehicle transition is taking longer than expected, reshaping manufacturing plans even as key fundamentals improve.

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How TSMC’s Phoenix Expansion Is Creating a New Industrial Growth Engine

The chipmaker’s multibillion-dollar investment is transforming the metro’s landscape. CBRE and Mack Real Estate Group executives weigh in.

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Inside Industrial: Why Small-Bay Demands Discipline

BKM Capital Partners’ Brett Turner joins CPE’s Diana Firtea to explain why tight supply and operating intensity continue to set small-bay industrial apart.

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Atlanta Industrial Development, Sales Gain Momentum

The latest updates on the fundamentals that are driving this market.

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Philadelphia Industrial Sales Boom, Deliveries Retreat

The latest data on how the market’s key metrics stack up against its peers.

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Older Industrial Campuses Gain New Relevance

As replacement costs rise, investors are targeting well-located, functional assets with durable demand and hard-to-replicate infrastructure.

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Data Centers Are Creating Spillover Industrial Demand. Will It Last?

Link Logistics’ Glenn Wylie breaks down where demand is coming from and what industrial owners should know.