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Finance Column: Life in an Investor’s Market

By Steve Pumper, Executive Managing Partner, Capital Markets, Transwestern: With the stronger U.S. economy, investors are in the driver’s seat when it comes to real estate financing.

Investment Column: 2007 Déjà Vu?

By Ken Riggs, President, Situs RERC: Is today’s real estate investment environment more promising than 2007 despite the high property prices?

Net Lease Column: The Art of the Deal

By Donald MacLellan, Senior Managing Partner, Faris Lee Investments: How to get the best deal for your retail asset.

Finance Column: The Non-Bankable Bridge Loan

By Bradley Ross, Vice President, Calmwater Capital: If you meet the criteria, there are a number of bridge lenders that would like to buy you lunch.

Filling the Gap Through a Preferred Equity Strategy

By Jay Maddox, Principal, Avison Young: When to prefer preferred equity?

5 Trends Shaping Office Design

Teknion’s Director of Workplace Strategy shares cutting-edge ideas to increase employee engagement and productivity.

Kay Sargent: Creating the Workplace of the Future

What will the workplace of the future look like, and why is benchmarking not the way to achieve excellence?

Rick Sharga: Impacts on Investment in 2015

Auction.com Executive Vice President Rick Sharga offers his expectations for investment in real estate this year and examines factors that will have the greatest impact.

SEPTEMBER ISSUE: Enhanced Energy Savings

Dennis Quinn, COO of Joule Assets, talks about the financing market for demand response projects.

JULY ISSUE: Intelligent HVAC

Ray Pustinger, president of Enerliance, spoke with CPE editorial director Suzann D. Silverman about energy conservation trends and his company’s efforts to reduce energy consumption by heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in large commercial buildings and campus settings.