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.
Peter Hobbs: Who’s Buying
IPD managing director of research Peter Hobbs talks on CPE TV about prospects for global real estate investment.
Gray, Schorsch, Sternlicht Sweep Top Executive of the Year Awards
CPE announces the winners of the peer-voted 2013 Executive of the Year Awards.
TIAA-CREF, CNP Assurances Form $1.2B JV for German Retail Properties
TIAA-CREF and CNP Assurances have formed a joint venture to invest $1.2 billion in three retail properties in Germany.
Economy Watch: Negative Equity Nose Dives; Architecture Billings Slow
Negative residential equity dropped in the third quarter, a positive sign for the housing market, and initial unemployment claims fell last week. Less positively, the AIA’s Architecture Billings Index slowed its pace of growth last month.
Executive Spotlight: Mukang Cho, In-Rel Properties
Mukang Cho, CEO of In-Rel Properties, has doubled its portfolio of mostly distressed assets since joining the privately held firm in 2010.
Case Study: Bullitt Center
Bullitt Center offers a unique example of a waterless alternative in bathrooms.
CREW Network Impact Awards: Women of Influence
The 2013 Convention & Marketplace offered a natural setting to honor this year’s winners of CREW Network’s top awards.
Citycon CEO Campaigns for Retailer Expansion to Nordic Countries
Citycon CEO Marcel Kokkeel is on a mission. The leader of the Nordic- and Baltic-focused urban grocery-anchored shopping center owner wants to attract more global retailers to the region.
Leadership Skills: 2013 CREW Network Award Winners
The winners of the 2013 CREW Network Impact and Circle of Excellence awards, all highly successful professional women that have made inroads in commercial real estate, offer their words of wisdom on what it takes to be a real leader and how to mentor the next rising stars most effectively.
The Lineup: California
California voters last year approved game-changing Proposition 39, aimed at financing activities helping the Golden State reduce overall annual energy consumption by at least 40 percent by the year 2020. Over the coming five years, this will entail a total of as much as $550 million pumped into a new Clean Energy Job Creation Fund. As the fund would be dedicated to job-creating activities that boost energy efficiency or generate sustainable power, it would likely capitalize a proposed state green bank still in the conceptual discussion stage – and potentially consolidating several of California’s many energy finance programs under one…