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/.

Richard Green: Financial Services Jobs & Property

The Lusk Center’s Richard Green blogs on CPE’s From the Inside about the future of financial services jobs and the impact on the commercial real estate property sectors.

Quantifying the LeBron Effect in Miami

Amid all the hoopla surrounding the news that LeBron James would be joining the Miami Heat next season, I overheard one sports analyst comment that “King James’” arrival in the Magic city would make Heat games – and by extension, the community – “more corporate.” The rationale behind this idea is that major corporations will now clamor for high-priced basketball tickets, squeezing out mainstream fans in the process. He had apparently seen similar dynamics unfold during Michael Jordan’s years in Chicago and then Washington, D.C. Despite its strong position as an international hub for finance and commerce, the core of…