President & CEO, 3CDC Stephen Leeper was appointed President & CEO of Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) in April, 2004. Over the past twelve years, Leeper has managed 3CDC’s investment of over $1.1 billion in Downtown and Over-the-Rhine, resulting in the transformation of two great civic spaces (Fountain Square and Washington Park), the redevelopment… Read more
Principal, Hugh F. Kelly Real Estate Economics Hugh heads his own consulting practice, Hugh F. Kelly Real Estate Economics, which serves the private sector, governmental organizations, and not-for-profit agencies. Hugh served as the Board Chair of the Counselors of Real Estate in 2014, and in November 2019 received the CRE’s highest honor, the Landauer/White Award… Read more
President and Chief Executive Officer, Busac Real Estate Since his arrival as President of BUSAC Real Estate, Michel Couillard has led the company to the highest levels of the real estate industry through the active management of the firm’s assets and strategic investments. Be it via the acquisition, repositioning and restructuring of assets, property development,… Read more
Executive Director, Central State Hospital LRA Mike Couch is a native of Milledgeville Georgia and attended Georgia Military College, Georgia College & State University and Georgia State University. Commissioned as an U.S. Army Officer in 1973, Mike served as a Field Artillery Officer throughout the world and retired from active duty in 1994. He and… Read more
On August 3, 2017, Jonathan Miller, CRE, was interviewed on CNBC’s Nightly Business Report on the reason behind the luxury market uptick. The story begins at the 20 minute, 58 second mark and his appearance begins around 21:35.
Tom Fink, CRE, senior vice president and managing director of Trepp, LLC, was recently interviewed on America’s Commercial Real Estate Show. The July 19 episode covers the Insurance Company Investment Performance Survey from Trepp in partnership with the CRE Finance Council. This survey tracks the performance of $227 billion in commercial mortgage investments across 27 insurance… Read more
Cassandra J. Francis, CRE, was highlighted in the July 2017 cover story for Construction Week Qatar. Francis, who splits time between Chicago, Illinois and Doha, Qatar, discusses the gender imbalance of the construction industry in Qatar. It’s estimated that at most construction sites around the world, 99% of workers are men. Qatar is no exception,… Read more
“Make No Little Plans” A year ago, Cassandra Francis, CRE®, was working in Qatar, where she studied international mediation and arbitration; received a diploma in international commercial arbitration (specializing in construction and land disputes); and developed two international conferences to expose Qatar to corporations of the world. Today, she is the Chief Real Estate and… Read more
CEO, Sustainable Values, Inc. Theddi Wright Chappell, CRE, MAI, FRICS, AAPI, LEED AP currently serves as Director of the Utah C-PACE program, working with Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, the nation’s leading provider of commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) program administration support services. Prior to joining SRS, Chappell was CEO of Sustainable Values, Inc., her… Read more
Managing Partner, Thalia Development LLC Marie-Noёlle Brisson brings a long track record in commercial real estate underwriting, investment and asset management in the US and Europe. She is an expert in real estate economics as a Valuer, Rating Analyst, Real Estate Loan Special Servicer, Investor, Issuer and Lender. She held executive positions at Bank of… Read more
The Counselors of Real Estate®, established in 1953, is an international group of high profile professionals including members of prominent real estate, financial, legal and accounting firms as well as leaders of government and academia who provide expert, objective advice on complex real property situations and land-related matters. Membership is selective, extended by invitation only. The organization’s CRE® (Counselor of Real Estate) credential is granted to all members in recognition of superior problem solving ability in various areas of real estate counseling. For more information, contact The Counselors of Real Estate