Editor’s Note

Hotel brands have long explored new frontiers in an effort to build loyalty and retain the upper hand in the battle against nightly turnover. Multifamily has successfully borrowed on these innovations—why shouldn’t office?

The past few quarters have been marked by blockbuster deals, large-scale rollouts and store closings, plus contradictory data. Executive editor Paul Rosta reflects on what it all means in his monthly column.

We talk a lot about Millennials. And for good reason. The sizeable Millennial cohort, with its strong preferences and opinions, has had quite an influence on the way we work, live and play.

One of my favorite CPE rituals is the annual selection of our Stars to Watch. For one thing, the process gives me a taste of what college admissions committees go through.

With the Thanksgiving table cleared and the new year rapidly approaching, it’s a good time for reflection on this year and consideration of what’s to come.

As a rule, corporate office site selection doesn’t exactly capture the public imagination, yet few real estate stories have made a splash like Amazon’s pending choice of location for its second North American headquarters.

Commercial real estate’s high level of energy consumption and resultant potential for cost savings have long provided incentive to pursue improvements in temperature regulation, lighting, ventilation, and energy collection and return.

The journalist Gregg Easterbrook once pointed out that the economy almost always presents us with a mixed bag of news at any given time. His astute observation kept coming to mind as I was mulling this month’s theme.