Editor's Note

Editorial Director 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 serving a second term as a board member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. You can reach her at suzann.silverman@cpe-mhn.com.

Editor-in-Chief Jessica Fiur

Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.

Jessica has been with the company since 2011 and previously was with Weekly Reader and IQPC. Contact Jessica at jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com, on Twitter @jfiur or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafiur/.

Suzann D. Silverman, Editorial Director

CRE Investment in the Industrial Age

By Suzann D. Silverman | April 2, 2025

Industrial real estate performance may have cooled from its pandemic rush, but it’s still an investor favorite. These days, it’s smaller properties and non-institutional investors.

Sparking Change

By Paul Rosta | October 20, 2016

The CRE industry’s accomplishments in energy management offer inspiration for stepped-up action.

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Stabilization Year

By Suzann Silverman | September 22, 2016

While 2016 might not be a record year, it’s shaping up to be one of adjustment that will provide a more stable base for the future of the industry.

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Spring Voices

By Paul Rosta | June 2, 2016

Words of caution, yet not necessarily pessimism, as 2016’s midpoint nears.

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Shopping with Mr. H

By Paul Rosta | May 3, 2016

How retailers are reimagining and refreshing their offerings to draw in customers.

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Sustaining Measures

By Paul Rosta | April 12, 2016

What should be the sustainability movement’s top priorities?

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Gen Excellent

By Paul Rosta | March 3, 2016

Warning: the March issue of CPE contains data that you may find distressing. Here are the numbers in question: 37, 38, 30, 36 and 34. Although they look like the vacancy rates from a random batch of hard-luck submarkets, these figures actually represent the ages of the young men and women selected as CPE’s 2016…

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The Eeyore Factor

By Paul Rosta | February 15, 2016

Any reporter who’s been covering real estate finance for a while would probably confess to harboring a mild streak of Eeyore. Like Christopher Robin’s stalwart but pessimistic donkey pal, we’re absolutely convinced that a cloud lurks behind every silver lining. In my defense, I come by my Eeyore streak honestly. When I started at CPE’s…

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Decoding 2016

By Mallory Bulman | January 15, 2016

Paul Rosta, executive editor of CPE, shares his insights on what’s ahead for 2016.

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Sunset on 2015

By Suzann Silverman | December 4, 2015

It’s been a fun-filled year, with the promise of an exciting encore in 2016.

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The Price of Energy

By Anna Spiewak | October 1, 2015

How long the U.S. energy market could endure declining crude prices in the face of global overproduction?

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