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2017 Outlook: A New Era
Strong but Cautious Growth to Prevail in 2017 Amid New Uncertainties
Navigating 2017
By Suzann D. Silverman, Editorial Director We entered 2017 in a climate of uncertainty. From the mature economic cycle to the December interest rate hike to the change in presidency, there is plenty to make real estate investors, developers and operators just a bit nervous. Is the multifamily development market peaking? Are primary cities oversupplied with hotel space? Will policy changes benefit real estate? What kind of yield potential can be achieved in the primary U.S. markets? At the same time, the economy is still growing—if at a slower pace—and the U.S. is the closest it’s been in a while…
Private Lenders Step in to Fill the CMBS Gap
Banks remain active in refinancing, but tighter regulations are creating space for competitors.
2016 Executives of the Year/First Place: Raising the Bar
By Sanyu Kyeyune This year marks CPE’s 20th Executives of the Year Awards, which recognizes commercial real estate’s top achievers as selected by their peers. The leaders you will read about in the next few pages represent the industry’s main business lines, from investment and development to finance and advisory services. Also recognized here is outstanding achievement in the major asset categories. As always, the winners of first-place and honorable mention awards were selected by a confidential vote of the CPE 100, an invited group of industry leaders. During a dynamic year, these executives have orchestrated some of the largest,…
2016 Top 50 Development Firms
Development firms leading the Year-End 2016 CPE-MHN Top Developers ranking posted robust construction growth and geographic and property-sector diversity.
Property Management: Mixing It Up
In today’s changing retail industry, owners and managers in the sector are developing a new property management playbook.
Make a Run For It
By Paul Rosta If I had to pick a favorite among the hundreds of meetings I’ve enjoyed with real estate professionals over the years, the winner might be a visit some years ago with a gentleman who ran the local office for a large national firm. Lenny, as I’ll call him, was the kind of person who puts you at ease right away—friendly, funny and unpretentious. We talked about everything from the regional economy to market conditions and his professional background, which included a tour of duty as a high-profile appointee in state government. He even quoted a passage from Candide,…