In Focus

CPE-RICS Report: Inside Global Optimism

RICS chief economist Simon Rubinsohn joins CPE in a podcast discussion evaluating responses to the first-quarter RICS Global Commercial Property Monitor.

VIDEO: Tour Servcorp’s New Space at 1 WTC

Back in August 2014 news broke that Australian co-working and virtual office firm Servcorp had signed a 34,775-square-foot 15-year lease for the 85th floor of OneWTC in Manhattan. CPE was recently invited down to tour the space and meet with COO Marcus Moufarrige.

E.Con Special Series—Part Two: The Trillion-Dollar Industry

Part two of contributing editor Erica Rascon’s series of reports on e-commerce, based on discussions that took place as part of NAIOP’s E.Con ’15 conference.

Executive Spotlight: Raoul Thomas, CGI Merchant Group

Raoul Thomas is bullish on Miami’s future.

E.Con Special Series—Part One: Automated e-Commerce—Are We Ready?

Automation is playing a growing role in the e-commerce movement, according to speakers at NAIOP’s E.CON conference. But it comes at a price.

Executive Insight: Brian Kelley, Investcorp

Investcorp, a Bahrain-listed alternative investment fund, has recently expanded its U.S. residential portfolio with the acquisition of four properties in the metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C., Orlando, San Diego and Baltimore. The purchase price was approximately $300 million.

Executive Spotlight: John Cuticelli, Racebrook Capital & ARK Development

ARK Development—a Racebrook portfolio company—will open The ARK at JFK, the world’s only animal-only airport terminal.

TWITTER CHAT: Kevin Thorpe Shares Economic Predictions

Nation’s Most Accurate Economic Forecaster chatted with CPE on Twitter. Read the transcript!

Now Accepting Submissions: CPE’s 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards

CPE is accepting submissions for the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards program, now in its fifth year, recognizes the commercial real estate industry’s most noteworthy properties and transactions. The winners will be selected by a panel of judges representing expertise across commercial real estate disciplines. Finalists will be announced in June on commercialsearch.com/news, and winners will be published in the July issue of Commercial Property Executive. (Read about last year’s winners, profiled in the July 2014 issue.) Can’t make the deadline and have a great deal? Contact editorial director Suzann Silverman at ssilverman@commercialsearch.com/news. To view the submission entry forms, select from the categories…