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Karla Zens

Director of business development, Capital Pacific

Karla Zens is the director of business development at Capital Pacific, a commercial real estate investment sales firm that has completed $8 billion in retail property sales across 49 states across the U.S. She leads CP Green, Capital Pacific’s green brokerage program, and strives to make meaningful, productive connections between owners/developers and investors as they endeavor to create more sustainable retail projects. Karla co-chaired ICSC’s RetailGreen conference in 2013 and 2014, and serves as an advisor to Cole Valley Partners, a boutique real estate investment and consulting firm that prioritizes investing in and repositioning assets into green buildings. 

Karla’s Recent activity

Behind the Scenes: Regency’s Green Bond Issuance
Behind the Scenes: Regency’s Green Bond Issuance
Nov 05, 2015
Regency Centers Corp. received significant press for being the first U.S. real estate entity to issue green bonds. The $250 million offering, completed in May 2014, consisted of 3.75 percent 10-year senior unsecured...
Four Keys to Streamlining Energy Disclosure Compliance
Four Keys to Streamlining Energy Disclosure Compliance
Apr 20, 2015
Ten cities, two states and one county have adopted energy disclosure laws for commercial buildings, requiring building owners to benchmark and disclose the energy efficiency of their properties. Although this list re...
Retail Sustainability: Do Shoppers Even Care?
Retail Sustainability: Do Shoppers Even Care?
Feb 26, 2015
Owners of retail assets may be compelled to pursue sustainability initiatives in response to increasing energy disclosure regulations, investor pressure and even tenant demand. But until recently, there was scant data...