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Top Property Managers
The MHN-CPE 2011 Top Property Managers Ranking shows some encouraging trends, including an industry-wide occupancy increase.
Most Powerful Brokerage Firms
The 2011 CPE-MHN Most Powerful Brokerage Firms shows a healthy growth in transaction volume.
Peter Hobbs: U.S. Strength in the IPD Global Index
Peter Hobbs, senior director of Group Business Development at IPD, discusses research from the IPD 2010 Global Index. The report looked at 23 markets and found a 9.5 percent return on a local-currency basis for 2010, compared with –8.2 percent in 2009. The United States and the United Kingdom made the strongest returns, largely a result of those markets falling the most during the recession. The report also found that multifamily was the top performing asset class in the United States for 2010.
Real Estate Education Programs
The 2011 CPE-MHN Real Estate Education listing gives an inside view of some of the country’s top education programs.
Guy Ponticiello: Rising Interest in Net Lease Deals
Net lease investment is performing well and is seen by many as a safe haven for investors. Unlisted private REITs have raised $8 billion targeted toward single-tenant net lease product. Guy Ponticiello, managing director of corporate finance & net lease, Jones Lang LaSalle, expects more compression in the sector as interest grows even stronger in 2011.
CPE TV: The Future of Corporate Workplace
Tish Kruse, senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle, discusses how corporate real estate can utilize space to increase employee productivity and well being at the 2011 CoreNet Global Summit in Chicago. Innovate layouts and technological applications can maximize efficiency and make the work environment more mobile.
CPE TV: San Bernardino Industrial Market Alive and Well
Kelly Reenders, deputy director for the County of San Bernardino Economic Development Agency, discusses how the San Bernardino industrial market is making a comeback. Transport convenience has played a large role in the recently flurry of transactions.
CPE TV: Mel Gamzon’s Seniors Report
Longtime seniors housing expert Mel Gamzon offers insights into the seniors housing market as the first Baby Boomers turn 65. His seniors housing report is a quarterly feature on CPE TV and MHN TV.
Leading Investors
The 2011 CPE-MHN Leading Investors ranking examines industry-wide acquisition activity for 2010.