LOS ANGELES—The diverse mix of tenants, location and market position were the primary reasons Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. was attracted to the 1.12-million-square-foot center.

LAS VEGAS—GlobeSt.com <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b> caught up with Jamie Swick, a partner of student housing consulting at Integrity, who will be a panelist at the upcoming RealShare Student Housing conference in Las Vegas this week.

TULSA, OK—With cap rates so low, it's a good time to be a seller. So says locally-based Gill Warner, a senior director at Stan Johnson Co. in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> Q&amp;A.

Whether it is being (super) niche, creating pop-up stores to test a concept, utilizing gamification or other forms of unique brand awareness to draw customers, retailers are doing everything in their power to stay competitive today, while planning for tomorrow.

TULSA, OK—The net lease market is robust and healthy, which is very good for developers and institutional sellers, says one of the three executives we spoke with on the subject at Stan Johnson.

DALLAS—In preparation for the upcoming RealShare Student Housing conference on June 4th and 5th in Las Vegas, GlobeSt.com <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b> caught up with Greg Faulkner, president of Humphrey &amp; Partners Architects on trends in the market.

NEW YORK CITY—Locally based Ami Ziff, national director of retail with Time Equities Inc., tells GlobeSt.com that the national retailers are expanding rapidly, a trend he expects to continue.

SAN FRANCISCO—In an <b>UPDATE</b> to a previous story, Chinese developer Kylli Inc. buys majority stake in 225 Bust St.; Flynn retains JV stake, property management and leasing for the asset.