GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY chats with Kent Elliott, principal of RETS Associates and Mark Selman, president of Brixton Capital, on shifting shopping patterns, hiring decisions and more.

Terms of the Slate Asset Management deal includes portfolio of performing real estate loans, debt securities and real estate equity positions.

The portfolio comprises 25 properties and 3.1 million square feet in major metro markets across the United States.

New York-based Anchin's reputation is what makes it stand out as one company to watch. That reputation is largely attributed to the dedicated professionals employed as a result of the firm's focus on career development.

In one of the most historically difficult years in CRE, both financing experts have shown a magnitude of class and talent and are definitely ones to watch in the coming year.

Choosing the most influential rainmakers in the industry is not an easy task even in the best of times but the following men and women that have still managed to deliver something new, structured a highly-complex deal or introduced a change that bettered a process or transaction. Take a look.

Read on to learn more about some of the smart, visionary and entrepreneurial-minded men and women who are delivering CRE-specific software products and platforms to our industry today.

Perez-Alvarado will succeed Mark Wynne-Smith, who will continue in role of Global CEO of Valuation Advisory