Bob Holmes, vice president, portfolio management, Digital Realty Trust Inc., takes Commercial Property Executive on a tour of a 268,000-square-foot data center in Piscataway, N.J. The property, which was acquired by Digital Realty in 2008, was originally a built as a warehouse in 1974. Holmes takes us through the infrastructural changes that were needed to transform this warehouse into a state-of-the-art data center.

Jim Scannell, the newly installed chairman of CoreNet Global, spoke with CPE about some of the research findings for the CoreNet 2020 initiative, including the future of mobile technology and the workplace.

Cole Real Estate Investments executive vice president Tom Roberts offers a leading owner/investor’s perspective on strategy and market trends.

Starpoint CEO Paul Daneshrad blogs on CPE’s From the Inside about how changes in U.S. demographics are impacting the multi-family market.

Christian Redfearn, director of the graduate programs in real estate at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, blogs on CPE’s From the Inside about the abuse of IRR in measuring property value.

Glenn Rufrano, CEO of services firm Cushman & Wakefield Inc., discusses the modest upswing the global commercial property markets will see in 2012.

Starpoint CEO Paul Daneshrad blogs on CPE’s From the Inside experts blog about the outlook for the multi-family property sector and his company’s investment plans.

Bud Malone, CEO of Mortgages USA, comments on the recent surge in demand in the Texas markets and how such allays concerns about overbuilding. He also sheds light on which markets in the Lone Star State are the most popular and why.

John Manning, Jones Lang LaSalle’s managing director of real estate investment banking, examines last year’s rental increases and what that means for pricing opportunities and the lending market in 2012 — from the MBA CREF conference in Atlanta.

Jere Lucey, Jones Lang LaSalle’s managing director of real estate investment banking, examines the note-sale market at the end of 2011 and looks forward to increased activity in 2012 – from the MBA CREF conference in Atlanta.