Paul Fiorilla is Director of Research at Yardi Matrix, where he oversees publishing CRE market outlooks and white papers about industry trends. He has nearly 30 years of experience as a researcher and analyst in commercial real estate. Before joining Yardi in January 2015, he spent six years as an investment vice president in the research group of Prudential Real Estate Investors (now PGIM), and for 12 years covered CMBS and CRE capital markets for Commercial Mortgage Alert. 

Paul is an active member of industry trade groups including CRE Finance Council, Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), National Multifamily Housing Council, National Association for Business Economics and National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF). He is a contributing author to the Urban Land Institute/PWC’s annual Emerging Trends outlook and has served since 2011 as volunteer editor in chief for the CRE Finance Council’s magazine, CRE Finance World. He regularly contributes articles to industry trade publications including PREA Quarterly, Institutional Investor’s Real Assets Adviser, and Summit Journal (published by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate).