Real Estate Forum - October 2015

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Volume 70 • Number 8 • 850th Issue • October 2015

On the Cover From Left: Steve Moreira, 2016 CCIM President; Mark Macek, 2015 CCIM President; Walt Clements, CCIM CEO, EVP; Robin Webb, 2016 CCIM President-Elect

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8 Up Front

A comprehensive look at what’s trending in the world of commercial real estate

83 Advertisers Index

84 RealShare Wrap Up: New Jersey, 9. 16

85 Directory: Property Management Guide

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6 Editor’s Page

Give and Take

By Sule Aygoren

12 Guest Column

Out With the Old, In With the…Not-So-Old?

By Christopher W. Rosenbleeth

C O L U M N S

13 CRE Star Search
Talent Wars

Staggeringly low unemployment across the industry has left hiring managers and recruiters struggling to find, bring on and retain top CRE talent

By Rayna Katz

17 Real Estate Forum’s
Fifty Under Forty

Selected from a pool of more than 500, this year’s batch of young professionals represents the cream of the crop of the CRE industry

By Lisa Brown

36 Old School/New School Leaders
Young Guns and Old Hands

When different generations of commercial real estate leadership meet, they may find that each has much to learn from the other

By Paul Bubny

42 Cover Story: CCIM Institute
Speak the Language
Of Your Clients

Boil the decades of experience, the rigorous education and the analytical focus to its essence, and CCIM Institute’s mission comes down to serving clients where they live

By John Salustri

48 Finance Quarterly
Middle Is the New Sweet Spot

Middle-market borrowers have not exactly been feted over the years by lenders eager for their business. That’s changing as institutional capital has entered the mix.