By Paul Rosta
When Ventas Inc. chairman & CEO Debra Cafaro isn’t busy running the most powerful seniors housing and healthcare REIT in the business, she is an enthusiastic sports fan. Given her love of competition, it is fitting that Ventas has piled up a stack of Hall of Fame-caliber statistics under her leadership. [...]

By Suzann D. Silverman
This year, CPE introduced a new awards program, the Distinguished Achievement Awards, to recognize outstanding deals, projects and strategies of 2010. Submissions underwent a vigorous judging process, and those that stood out are truly remarkable in their achievement and contribution to their markets.
We would like to thank all of those who responded [...]

Jeffrey Hanson, chairman & CEO of Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, talks on CPE TV about non-listed REITs’ performance and how they differ from public REITs.

Feller, Cisco Systems Inc.’s director of urban innovations, analyzes how cities and companies are adopting to new technological real estate drivers affecting the industry today, touching on how Cisco is seeking to move beyond traditional workspaces and into new technology adapted to the digital worker.

Today is the last day to submit your entry for CPE’s Distinguished Achievement Awards! Recognizing the top commercial real estate deals, projects and programs of 2010, entries must be postmarked by end of day.

Economy Watch reporter Dees Stribling offers insights into the top economic news of the week ending Dec. 10 and what to watch out for in the coming week in this newly launched weekly feature on CPE Radio and MHN Radio.

Multi-Housing News interviews Jeffrey Perlman, LEED AP, president & founder of Bright Power Inc. and co-founder of EnergyScoreCards. He discusses his impressions of the 2010 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, as well as why benchmarking multifamily communities is so challenging–and how EnergyScoreCards can help.

Source: Real Capital Analytics

Real-estate-executive-turned-recruiter Jana Turner weighs in on hiring trends and her shift in career. Plus a special podcast with her advice on recruitment and retention.