Commercial Observer this week released its 2026 “Power 100” list of leading commercial real estate executives, featuring The Real Estate Roundtable’s (RER) President and CEO Jeffrey DeBoer as well as numerous RER board directors and RER members. (Commercial Observer, May 12)

Power 100 List

• Commercial Observer’s annual list highlights the executives and organizations shaping the future of commercial real estate across capital markets, development, housing, office, data centers, and emerging investment trends.

• In introducing this year’s list, Commercial Observer noted, “The story of real estate over the last year has been its own crazy quilt. One big strand of the story has been the surge in artificial intelligence, and the incumbent data centers, power sources, and office space necessary to cater to it.” (Commercial Observer, May 12)

Roundtable Leaders Recognized

• Commercial Observer highlighted DeBoer’s work in Washington to prevent major federal legislation from undermining real estate investment, while also helping advance key industry priorities such as extending the Opportunity Zone program through 2032 and increasing state allocations of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. (DeBoer’s listing)

• DeBoer also emphasized the importance of private capital in meeting the nation’s housing needs. “The demand is constantly increasing for housing, so you have to have a dynamic supply chain that meets the demand, and part of that requires capital,” he said. “Where does capital come from if you want to meet that challenge?”

• Members of RER’s board of directors and former RER chairs on Commercial Observer’s Power 100 list include:
  • Rob Speyer (President and CEO, Tishman Speyer), #2
  • Jeff Blau (CEO, Related Companies), #4
  • RER Chair-Elect Owen Thomas (Chairman & CEO, BXP), #8
  • Scott Rechler (Chairman & CEO, RXR), #9
  • RER Chair Emeritus (2015-2018) William Rudin (Co-Executive Chairman, Rudin), #25
  • Barry Sternlicht (Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group), #27
  • Mark J. Parrell (President & CEO, Equity Residential), #34
  • Chair of RER’s Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) Anthony Malkin (Chairman and CEO, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.), #35
  • Roy Hilton March (Executive Chairman, Eastdil Secured) #47
  • RER President and CEO Jeffrey DeBoer, #94