MIAMI—Kyle Rogg, COO of Value Place. "The economy extended-stay hotel space is strong, with both attractive rate and occupancy levels."

PHOENIX—David Birdsall, president, Total Retail Solutions, a Division of Phillips Edison & Company, calls the back-to-school retail season one of the seminal retail events of the year—second only to Christmas.

We are increasingly in a "plug and play" employment market that does not accommodate the training of young talent.

PHOENIX—Colliers International in Greater Phoenix has recently completed the long-term lease of a 70,000-square-foot build-to-suit, class A office property in Chandler.

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Revista finds that billions of dollars of projects are underway or planned.

HOLLYWOOD—Major La Brea corridor projects are transforming the La Brea corridor, and are also having a trickle-down effect for the city of West Hollywood and its overall real estate strength, says Charles Dunn's Sharona Javaheri in this EXCLUSIVE commentary.

LOS ANGELES—There are several key provisions in a typical LLC Operating Agreement which, if not carefully considered, can rise up later to wreak havoc, say partners at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in this EXCLUSIVE Q&A.

DALLAS—In an update to a previous story, GlobeSt.com chats with Robert Shibuya, who will be charged with significantly expanding Mohr Partners platform in the Americas in this EXCLUSIVE Q&A.