Taken as a whole, 2011 was something of a tumultuous year, but an interesting time for commercial real estate. CPE presents our top 11 stories from 2011.

Emerging Trends crafters Jonathan Miller and Stephen Blank discuss this year’s findings with CPE TV during the ULI Fall Meeting.
Click on the following headlines for more on the Emerging Trends results:
ULI Special Report: Opportunities and Emerging Trends
Washington is Top Investor Choice Again as Tough 2012 Looms: PwC/ULI Survey

Five remarkable women were awarded CREW Network’s 2011 Impact Awards. CPE offers videotaped insights and written profiles of these pioneers, negotiators and mediators — specializing in development, service and finance.

The winners of the 2011 CREW Network Impact Awards talk on CPE TV about leadership, business success and giving back during a difficult economy.

Barry Sternlicht talks with James Kuhn at the NYU Schack Capital Markets conference about branding, global investment and more.

Mitch Rudin, formerly with CBRE, has taken over strategic oversight of a 50 million-square-foot national portfolio of trophy towers. What does the future hold at Brookfield? By Paul Rosta.

While respondents to this year’s Emerging Trends poll took a somewhat pessimistic view of the market, panelists commenting on those results at the ULI Fall Meeting on Thursday took a less negative stance.

Prudential Mortgage Capital has hired Michael McRoberts, the latest in a string of departures from the government-sponsored enterprises, to head its Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lending business.

Innkeepers USA Trust’s deal to sell a 64-hotel portfolio to a joint venture consisting of Cerberus Series Four Holdings L.L.C. and Chatham Lodging Trust as part of its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization is back on again.

Seniors housing and healthcare powerhouse Ventas Inc. expanded its borrowing capacity with the closing of a new credit facility. Subsidiary Ventas Realty L.P. confirmed a $2 billion unsecured, four-year revolving credit facility, replacing a $1 billion facility scheduled to mature in April 2012.