The Commercial Record turns 133 years old in 2015, and as one might expect, has seen a variety of changes in its more than 13 decades of existence. In the past decade alone – which has been a rather tumultuous one for news organizations – CR has seen the launch of its website, commercialrecord.com, and myriad technological developments associated with it, including the migration of the Real Estate and Credit records online. The print product has transitioned from a weekly newspaper to a monthly glossy magazine. Reporters, editors, publishers and sales managers have come and gone.

Booms and busts, bull markets and recessions – the residents of Connecticut have weathered it all, and read all about it in The Commercial Record.

Several more changes are in store for CR in 2015. For the first time in its history, each issue will focus on a central theme. This month, we take a look back at the mortgage market of 2014 and take the pulse of 2015. Future topics include green technology and building trends; recruitment and retainage; and a mid-year regulatory update.

By focusing each issue on a central theme, the staff is better able to take a step back and approach each issue from a deeper, broader perspective. As before, commercialrecord.com and our daily news alerts will continue to feature the latest news in the finance and real estate professions, as well as information from The Warren Group, publisher of The Commercial Record, that you won’t find anywhere else.

Popular past features, including the Women of FIRE Awards, Top Lenders, Fast 50 and CR’s Best will also appear throughout the year. In fact, the CR 2014 Economic Reader Survey appears in this issue, beginning on page 18.

Several other exciting new developments are planned in 2015, including a website redesign, the integration of new Warren Group data into the magazine and the news alerts, an increased multimedia focus, and the launch of a new feature, the In Person, highlighting a notable figure in the Connecticut business community (see page 17).

As always, and throughout the year, we welcome reader feedback, either to the newsroom at editorial@thewarrengroup.com, or to the editorial director at cmurphy@thewarrengroup.com.

Welcome to 2015. It’s going to be an exciting year; we look forward to sharing it with you.