The retail market's prospects depend largely on the direction of consumer confidence. Yet there are more issues at play than wage growth.

SAN FRANCISCO-The firm has nearly 1,200 residential units under construction or in the design or entitlement phase in the Bay Area and plans to spend more than $500 million on new developments in the next three years.

SANTA CLARA, CA-In an update to an earlier story, Southern California's the Irvine Co. is now the owner of the Park Square, a 456,000-square-foot business park.

LAS VEGAS-The stabilized housing market and a rise in the stock market for the Q1 2013 is a good indicator of the optimism and should translate into good news for the retail world, say industry experts.

SAN FRANCISCO-At a recent Marcus & Millichap investor symposium, the firm's Hessam Nadji said that in addition to a continued Bay Area job growth, the local office market will continue strong through at least 2015.

SUNNYVALE, CA-The company make its presence known in Sillicon Valley with a lease at the Sunnyvale Business Park, bucking the trend of companies migrating north into San Francisco.

FREMONT, CA-Overton Moore Properties acquires 40.5 acres in Fremont for a new 700,000-square-foot industrial build.

SEATTLE-Later this year, the company will take 85,000 square feet at Home Plate Center, moving its entire Seattle team of more than 350 employees to the new office space.