PART 3: #CREi - People to Follow! The 2020 Top Twitter Influencers in Commercial Real Estate list

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present the top of the list! Congratulations to the latest list makers in this post - Part 3! This post highlights people ranked from 50 to 1. You can see Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

This list highlights lots of wonderful people who will make your Twitter feed a better place if you follow them! Let’s connect and make the world a better place! Continuing the shout out to @thewilbertgroup and @stevefennessy for your able assistance in making this list a reality. Be sure to use #CREi when posting about the list on Twitter!

50: Mark Smukler

@smukleberry

Mark Smukler is director of product at Hello Alfred, a residential assistant concierge service. Previously he was co-founder and CEO of Bixby, a building amenity platform.

49: Keith Pierce

@KPierceResearch

Keith Pierce is research manager for Transwestern’s Southeastern region. He is responsible for tracking and analyzing statistical data creating quarterly market reports and working with clients on site selections and property evaluations. Previously, Keith was the Atlanta research manager for commercial appraisal firm NPV Advisors.

48: Elie Finegold

@eliefinegold

Elie Finegold is venture advisor, working with MetaProp’s PropTech focused VC funds.

47: Spencer Levy

@spencerglevy

Spencer Levy is chairman of Americas research for CBRE and senior economic advisor for CBRE. Spencer oversees the analytical activities of the CBRE research community within the Americas region, and is a frequent media source on issues related to real estate in the Americas.

46: Josh Green

@joshgreen1234

Josh is the former editor of Curbed Atlanta, a website that tracked commercial and residential real estate trends in Atlanta.

45: Barbi Reuter

@BarbiReuter

Barbi Reuter is CEO and principal of Cushman & Wakefield | Picor, Tucson’s leading independently owned, full-service commercial real estate company. Barbi leads the employee-owned commercial real estate firm’s activity in southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.

44: Dave Conroy

@conroydave

Dave Conroy is director of emerging technology at National Association of Realtors, where he was previously R&D Lab engineer.

43: Chris Broughton

@ChrisBroughtonT

Chris Broughton is a market investment analyst for TriBridge Residential.

42: Bojan Nastoski

@Bojan_CRE

Bojan Nastoski is business development specialist at The Garibaldi Group, a New Jersey real estate firm.

41: Susan Freeman

@propertyshe

Susan Freeman is a partner in the real estate department at Mishcon de Reya, a London-based law firm. Susan hosts a podcast called Propertyshe, interviewing an eclectic mix of property personalities that define the real estate industry and built environment.

40: Tom McGee

@TomMcGeeCEO

Tom McGee has been president and CEO of ICSC since 2015. Prior to joining ICSC, McGee was vice chairman at Deloitte. Tom is seen frequently on CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business and is frequently quoted in national media outlets.

39: Brad Dugard

@bdugard

Brad Dugard is a vice president of S+C Communications and managing director of the firm’s Toronto office. Prior to joining S+C, Brad worked 13 years for Cushman & Wakefield, most recently as vice president of communications.

38: Matt Maison

@mattmaisonRE

Matt Maison is director of research at Arbor Realty Trust. Matt’s focus is on multifamily markets and the economy. Previously, he led CBRE’s Manhattan research team, and was the Director of Corporate research at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.

37: Joe Powell

@titlelawyerjoe

Joe Powell is vice president and managing underwriting counsel in the Atlanta National Commercial Services unit of Fidelity National Title Insurance Company.

36: Jarrett K. Smith

@JarrettSmith

Jarrett K. Smith is a commercial real estate advisor and city councilmember for Takoma Park, Maryland.

35: Loren DeFilippo

@LorenDeFilippo

Loren DeFilippo is director of research at Colliers for the Ohio market. He prepares reports tracking current economic and commercial real estate market conditions and provides forecasts to assist brokers and clients in making informed business decisions.

34: Robert Thornburg

@rgthornburgh

Robert Thornburgh is a regional president and shareholder with Kidder Mathews, the largest independent commercial real estate firm on the West Coast. Previously, Robert was the CEO of Heger Industrial, which in 2017 merged with Kidder Mathews.

33: Lisa Gordon

@LYGordon

Lisa Y. Gordon is also an advisory board member of the Urban Land Institute. Lisa is also president and CEO of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, one of the top 10 Habitat for Humanity International affiliates in the U.S.

32: Scott Trubey

@fitztrubey

Scott Trubey is a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he covers development and commercial real estate. He previously reported on banking and finance.

31: Ryan Simonetti

@rwsimonetti

Ryan Simonetti is CEO and co-founder of Convene, which designs and services premium places to work, meet, and host events. Since its founding in 2009, Convene has expanded to 32 locations throughout the U.S. and the U.K.

30: Aaron Richardson

@richardson_aj

Aaron Richardson is global director of communications for the Capital Markets division of CBRE. Aaron oversees communications for Investment, Office, Industrial, Retail, Multifamily, Hotels, and Valuation sectors of the business.

29: Darryll Colthrust

@dcolthrust

Darryll Colthrust was formerly director of business intelligence for American Express. He is  currently senior vice president of technology for a start up in “stealth mode.”

28: Dino Moutopoulos

@Dinoatwork

Dino Moutopoulos is director of Place North West, a business-to-business website for property and regeneration professionals. Place North West, based in Manchester, England, is also an events organizer.

27: Rebecca Rockey

@beckywflyhair

Rebecca Rockey is global head of forecasting at Cushman & Wakefield. Rebecca studies how economies, demographics, financial markets and commercial real estate interact—both at the macro and micro level. 

26: Antony Slumbers

@antonyslumbers

Antony Slumbers is a software development and technology strategist who founded several PropTech companies. A futurist, Antony now consults real estate boards on their transformation, technology and innovation strategies. He blogs at antonyslumbers.com.

25: David Levitt

@dmlevitt

David Levitt is a commercial real estate reporter for Debtwire, based in the New York City area. Previously he spent almost 18 years as a reporter at Bloomberg.

24: Adam Lasoff

@alasoff

Adam Lasoff is a managing director with Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group, specializing in the sale of institutional office, industrial and mixed-use properties. Adam is responsible for originating, underwriting, and marketing investment properties for sale throughout Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.

23: Caleb Parker

@Caleb_Parker

Caleb Parker is founder and director of Bold, a creative boutique space-as-a-service brand designed to help entrepreneurs, innovators, SMEs and scale-up companies grow faster. He also hosts the WorkBold podcast.

22: Steve Nson

@nson_legend

Steve Nson is founder and CEO of AnySizeDeals, a real estate events business for finding partners and closing deals. Steve was also the host of The Dealmaker Zone, a TV show that aired in Manhattan and focused on influencers in real estate, technology, and media.

21: Lauren Thomas

@laurenthomas

A South Carolina native, Lauren Thomas has been a reporter for CNBC in New York covering retail and retail real estate since 2017. While attending the University of North Carolina, Lauren spent her summers interning in New York City, interning at Bloomberg, CNBC, and TheStreet.com.

20: Wendy Acho

@wendyNAIFarbman

Wendy Acho is a leasing and sales associate at Farbman Group, a full-service commercial real estate firm in Southfield, Michigan that handles all facets of commercial real estate transactions.

19: Magnus Svantegård

@magnus_s

Magnus Svantegård is a partner at Stronghold Invest, the leading property advisory, asset Management, fund management and PropTech company in Northern Europe.

18: Chris Bender

@cbenderatl

Chris Bender is a frequent insightful commenter on #CRE issues. He is an account manager at Cloudera, a software company that provides a software platform for data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning and analytics.

17: Bryan Jacobs

@bryanjacobs3

Bryan Jacobs is president of Global IFM at Cushman & Wakefield in Los Angeles, where he previously served as Executive Vice President, Head of Global Operational Outsourcing.

16: Jarred Schenke

@jbschenke

Jarred Schenke is a longtime Atlanta-based reporter for Bisnow, covering commercial real estate, growth, transit, and the economy.

 

15: Andy Pyle

@andyjpyle

Andy Pyle is Head of Real Estate for KPMG UK, and oversees all of KPMG’s services to property companies and investors in the UK, Andy has advised on some of the largest transactions in the European real estate market, particularly involving major shopping centers and portfolios of logistics warehouses. 

14: Dror Poleg

@drorpoleg

Dror Poleg is he Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Tech & Innovation Council in New York. He advises some of the world’s largest investors on the future of offices, homes, retail, and hospitality. He is the author of “Rethinking Real Estate: A Roadmap to Technology’s Impact on the World’s Largest Asset Class.”

13: Scott Stinson

@retailbroker

Scott Stinson is founding member of Central Realty, a Missouri-based retail property services company that services a portfolio of shopping centers in eight Midwestern states.

12: Savannah Durban

@SavannahDurban

Savannah Durban is a p.r. pro who oversees communications for Cushman & Wakefield’s South region. A University of Missouri journalism graduate, she's also worked as a reporter.

11: Blake Haggett

@blake_hagz

Blake Haggett handles all leasing and development for Avest Commercial. He also owns KZB Real Estate in Idaho and hosts The Blake Haggett Podcast.

10: Andrew Bermudez

@AndrewBermudez

Andrew Bermudez Andrew was born and raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and moved to the U.S. in 1993. In high school Andrew taught himself how to code software and design websites. He was very introverted and wanted to become more sociable. So, once he got out of high school he got a job where he would be forced to walk up to people and talk to them. This is how he got into commercial real estate leasing & sales. Today Andrew is founder and CEO of Digsy, a sales productivity and analytics platform that scours property listings to match available properties with prospective clients.

9: Mark Toro

@MarkToro

Mark Toro is very well respected in the Atlanta community and is the top real estate developer using the Twitter platform anywhere in the world. Mark is a real thought leader on CRE issues and is cofounder of North American Properties’Atlanta office. A mixed-use developer, Mark is a strong advocate for transit and walkability. He has acquired, developed or redeveloped more than 70 projects totaling almost 30 million square feet.

8: Linda Day Harrison

@dayharrison

Linda Day Harrison had the vision to create the “Switzerland of CRE list” as founder of theBrokerList.com, an interactive, collaborative community of CRE brokers and other professionals. Linda is exceedingly positive online and brings much needed messages to the Twitter platform. A frequent blogger, Linda is based in Las Vegas.

7: Tony Wilbert

@twilbert

Tony Wilbert is very well respected in #CRE circles and has served as journalist covering the vertical for over 25 years. He has a photographic memory and a wonderful sense of humor. Tony is a senior news writer at CoStar News. In a career that spans both journalism and public relations, Tony’s written more than 11,000 stories, most of them about commercial real estate.

6: Adam Stanley

@ALSWharton

Adam L. Stanley is the real deal and one of the top executives in #CRE who is really on the Twitter Platform. We love his views on inclusion and his leadership. Adam is Global CIO and Chief Digital Officer for Cushman & Wakefield. Under Adam’s leadership, Cushman & Wakefield was named to the CIO 100 for 2018, 2016 and 2015 by CIO Magazine. Adam was also Technology and Security Services Director for Aviva and Global Chief Technology Officer for Aon.

5: Michael Lagazo

@Michael_MBA

Michael Lagazo, is one of the most active and by many measures the nicest guy on Twitter. We at #CREi don’t know how he Tweets seemingly 24 hours a day! Michael, a San Diego-based broker serves as Wester Region real estate manager for Detroit-based Little Caesars Enterprises Inc. Michael has established himself as one of commercial real estate's most-recognized brokers, especially in the retail world. He's leveraged several social media channels to position himself as a retail real estate expert.

4: Coy Davidson

@CoyDavidsonCRE

Coy is the OG of Twitter for #CRE. Friend to many and inspiration to all. Follow his example and you cannot go wrong. Coy Davidson is senior vice president of office & healthcare services for Colliers International Houston. He maintains the CRE blog, The Tenant Advisor, at coydavidson.com. Coy’s focus on the healthcare sector has resulted in over $250 million in healthcare real estate transactions.

3: Melissa Alexander

@mbalexan

Melissa is so passionate about #CRE. We love her contribution to the Twitterverse with partner Casey Flannery in #CREChat (above). Melissa is vice president for Foundry Commercial and works on the industrial services team in Nashville. Previously, Melissa was principal at the Cushman & Wakefield affiliate in Memphis, where she was the only female broker in the firm.

2: Casey Flannery

@FlannCasey

Casey Flannery is a true thought leader in social media. She and Melissa Alexander (above) started the platform known as #CREChat that is very popular with #cre types. Casey is a commercial real estate broker specializing in office landlord representation in Memphis, Tennessee. She is senior associate with Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors.

1: Natalie Wainwright

@natalie_CRE10X

Numero UNO! Congrats! Natalie is special and it’s been fun watching her grow on the Twitter platform. She is both very honest and transparent about her life and very kind. As vice president of LOGIC Commercial Real Estate, Natalie Wainwright represents companies in their lease or purchase of commercial real estate in the Las Vegas market. As a tenant rep, Natalie focuses on identifying office and flex space.