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.
Micro Unit Trends: The Emerging Tenant
Kauri Investments Ltd. chairman James Potter and AREA Real Estate L.L.C. principal David Adelman sat down at the ULI Spring Meeting to discuss the type of demand they’re seeing for micro unit apartments.
Alan Mark: Meeting Demand in the Multi-Family Market
Alan Mark, CEO of The Mark Co., talks about apartment-to-condo conversions and meeting the needs of the two biggest multi-family groups.
Apartment Deceleration?
Despite seasonal volatility in the first quarter, commercial real estate prices across the board posted strong annual gains, demonstrating the breadth of the pricing recovery as investment activity expands across the property types. Multi-family prices have had the best recovery by far of the four major property segments. After posting the strongest results in the first quarter, pricing in this segment is now up 33 percent from its trough in 2009. While the multi-family sector’s outperformance is partially driven by relatively stronger fundamentals, it is also a function of lenders, largely the GSEs, providing cheap debt financing following the…
CPE Wins NAREE Awards
Commercial Property Executive took home multiple honors from the National Association of Real Estate Editors 63rd Annual Journalism Awards.
2013 Distinguished Achievement Awards: The Winners (Extended Edition)
The July 2013 issue of Commercial Property Executive presented the winners of the third-annual Distinguished Achievement Awards. Following are more extensive details on the deals, projects and strategies.
MIPIM Special Series—Part Two: Focus on the US
Associate editor Eliza Theiss presents a focus on foreign investment in U.S. real estate, the second in a three-part series of reports on worldwide real estate based on presentations at the MIPIM world property market in March.
ULI Special Report: The Money Market
Investors on two ULI capital markets panels evaluate opportunities both domestically and abroad, and track the flow of foreign capital.
ULI Special Report: Micro-Size It
Can apartments be too small? Developers are testing the boundaries, experimenting with layout and design to determine just how tiny and inexpensive a space they can easily lease.
Real Estate Innovations: ULI Special Reports
This year’s ULI Spring Meeting carried the theme “Innovate Real Estate,” and industry experts came through with new perspective and close examination of quite a number of major rising trends. A roundup of CPE’s coverage of the event.
ULI Special Report: Across the Generations
While the Baby Boomers and Gen Y sit at opposite poles, that doesn’t make it necessary to choose between them as targets for housing or retail. In fact, according to analysis at last week’s Urban Land Institute Spring Meeting, the two groups—those in the process of entering the ranks of seniors and their children—complement each other.