Samantha Goldberg

Celebrating 30: Blackstone, Wells Fargo Make $23B Buy

We’re celebrating our 30th anniversary by highlighting some of the most significant events in commercial real estate’s history. This week: Blackstone and Wells Fargo’s mega-deal with GE Capital. Stay tuned for our weekly posts and follow along with us using the hashtag #CPETurns30.

Poll: Cybersecurity

CPE has a new poll! We want to know how you work to protect tenants’ data from cybersecurity threats.

Economy Watch Weekly: Consumers Concerned by Storms’ Impact

Economy Editor Dees Stribling discusses the recent hurricanes’ effect on U.S. consumers outlook for the economy, for the week ending Sept. 22, 2017.

Investment Activity Picks Up in 2Q

Total investment volume increased from $101.2 billion in the first quarter to $103.8 billion in the second quarter, according to Real Capital Analytics data.

Planning & Building for Severe Weather

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, developers, designers and cities themselves need to ensure their current and future buildings can withstand extreme weather events, notes WXY architecture + design Co-Founder Claire Weisz.

Economy Watch Weekly: The Solution for Struggling Malls

Changing up the tenant mix to include retail categories with higher sales growth is key for U.S. malls to survive, according to a recent CBRE report. Economy Editor Dees Stribling discusses all things retail, for the week ending Sept. 15, 2017.

Celebrating 30: Rise and Fall of TICs

We’re celebrating our 30th anniversary by highlighting some of the most significant events in commercial real estate’s history. This week: Tony Thompson and the tenant-in-common industry. Stay tuned for our weekly posts and follow along with us using the hashtag #CPETurns30.

Deadline Extended: 2017 Top Developers Survey

Don’t miss out on the chance to participate in the CPE-MHN 2017 Top Developers Survey! The information you provide will determine the industry’s leading developers.

Economy Watch Weekly: Retail, Industrial Jobs Susceptible to Automation

Eighty percent of jobs in industrial-related industries and 63 percent of jobs in sales are at risk of disappearing as technology advances, according to a recent Citi report. Economy Editor Dees Stribling has the latest, for the week ending Sept. 8, 2017.

The Shifting Capital Stack

After a sluggish start to 2017, investment volume and lending activity began showing signs of rebounding in the spring.