Editor's Note

Editorial Director Suzann D. Silverman

Suzann D. Silverman is editorial director of CPE. She has covered the commercial and multifamily real estate industry since 1995, becoming editor-in-chief of Commercial Property Executive (formerly Commercial Property News) in 1998 and editorial director of both CPE and Multi-Housing News in 2016. She is also serving a second term as a board member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. You can reach her at suzann.silverman@cpe-mhn.com.

Editor-in-Chief Jessica Fiur

Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.

Jessica has been with the company since 2011 and previously was with Weekly Reader and IQPC. Contact Jessica at jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com, on Twitter @jfiur or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafiur/.

Jessica Fiur, Editor-in-Chief

Meet Your Robot Coworker

By Jessica Fiur | June 30, 2026

The robots are here—and they’re ready to work. Here’s how automation is helping multifamily teams work smarter.

Site Seeing

By Jessica Fiur | April 5, 2021

Apartment websites are now one-stop shops for your potential renters.

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The Next Amenities

By Suzann D. Silverman | March 4, 2021

The challenge right now is knowing which offerings to convert and which to leave.

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New Possibilities

By Suzann D. Silverman | February 4, 2021

Dedicated, even coordinated, effort will be required in order to emerge from the past year’s difficulties and resume our path forward.

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Girl Power

By Jessica Fiur | December 3, 2020

This has been a year.

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A Personal Touch

By Suzann D. Silverman | November 6, 2020

Apartment marketing has been taken to a whole new level in the changed environment of the past several months.

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A Look Ahead

By Jessica Fiur | October 1, 2020

No matter who the voters pick for president come Election Day on Nov. 3, there will be ramifications for multifamily.

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Next Phase

By Suzann D. Silverman | September 2, 2020

As of Aug. 13, 86.9 percent of apartment residents had paid all or part of their rent, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council’s Rent Payment Tracker.

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Making Strides

By Suzann D. Silverman | August 6, 2020

The past few months have been fraught with unprecedented challenges.

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Getting Schooled

By Jessica Fiur | May 27, 2020

Students had to leave their housing during shelter in place. But that doesn’t mean student housing is going anywhere.

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Moving Forward

By Jessica Fiur | March 26, 2020

It seems a little strange to be talking about anything other than coronavirus. But the multifamily industry will persevere.

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