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 a longtime board member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors, currently serving as vice president. You can reach her at suzann.silverman@cpe-mhn.com.
E.Con Special Series—Part One: Automated e-Commerce—Are We Ready?
Automation is playing a growing role in the e-commerce movement, according to speakers at NAIOP’s E.CON conference. But it comes at a price.
Rick Sharga: Retail’s Big Challenges
Which CRE sector offers the greatest concerns? Auction.com Executive Vice President Rick Sharga thinks it’s retail. Here’s why.
Rick Sharga: Impacts on Investment in 2015
Auction.com Executive Vice President Rick Sharga offers his expectations for investment in real estate this year and examines factors that will have the greatest impact.
Now Accepting Submissions: CPE’s 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards
CPE is accepting submissions for the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards program, now in its fifth year, recognizes the commercial real estate industry’s most noteworthy properties and transactions. The winners will be selected by a panel of judges representing expertise across commercial real estate disciplines. Finalists will be announced in June on commercialsearch.com/news, and winners will be published in the July issue of Commercial Property Executive. (Read about last year’s winners, profiled in the July 2014 issue.) Can’t make the deadline and have a great deal? Contact editorial director Suzann Silverman at ssilverman@commercialsearch.com/news. To view the submission entry forms, select from the categories…
SunTrust Bank Tower Sold to South American Group for $140M
Also known as the SunTrust Bank building in Brickell, the 13-story waterfront tower at 777 Brickell Avenue changed hands recently. An undisclosed South American investment group purchased the property and CBRE Capital Markets closed the $140 million sale, marketing the office tower and an adjacent 5-story parking on behalf of an institutional investor advised by CBRE Global Investors. Based on a Property Shark report, Brickell Office Plaza Inc. was the last owner, who acquired the asset in late September 2002 for $44.5 million.
Anita Kramer: 18-Hour Cities and Downtown Demographics
ULI’s Anita Kramer delves behind the Emerging Trends research for more insights into the future of the 18-Hour Cities and how demographics are shaping America.
Who Are Today’s Rising Leaders?
CPE unveils this year’s Stars to Watch, 17 up-and-coming individuals and teams from across the commercial real estate industry that are sure to make more waves as they climb the career ladder.
Stars to Watch 2015: Craig Wilson
Executive Managing Director, DTZ What Others Say About Him: Steve Modory, managing partner with Champion Partners, recently worked with Wilson on three separate office lease transactions totaling 600,000 square feet with Wilson’s client State Farm Insurance. “This was an integral piece of a much larger State Farm commitment to the North Texas region,” he said. “We owned the buildings in the Dallas suburb of Richardson that his client wanted to lease on a short-term basis but with flexibility to extend for the long term. There were several complicating factors in getting these leases completed. Craig helped his client understand and work…
Stars to Watch 2015: Armand Tiberio
Senior Vice President, Investments, Marcus & Millichap What Others Say About Him: “Armand has incredible energy, knowledge and finesse,” said Howard Heitner, former COO of AIG Financial, who worked with Tiberio on the sale of more than 200 properties.” Most Proud Of: In 2001, Tiberio joined colleagues Robert Sheppard and Spencer Hurst to launch Marcus & Millichap’s Tax Credit Group, the first national brokerage firm dedicated to serving owners of Low-Income-Housing Tax Credit properties. Today, TCG is the largest LIHTC brokerage group in the U.S., having grown from just a handful of members 10 years ago to more than 50…
Stars to Watch 2015: Lauren Staniec
Sustainability Coordinator and Enhancement Project Manager, Pyramid Management Group Most Proud Of: Destiny USA, Pyramid Management Group’s 2.4 million-square-foot shopping and entertainment destination in Syracuse, N.Y., is the largest LEED Gold-certified retail commercial building in the world, and Staniec was instrumental in obtaining the title. She also considers serving as a speaker at several sessions at last year’s GreenBuild conference one of the highlights of her career, as well as helping to forge a relationship between Pyramid and the USGBC. “That they feel like they can call on us to share our experiences—good, bad or ugly—has been really great,” Staniec…
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