BOULDER, CO—Green building certification has become so mainstream that it's becoming “the de factio standard in many cities,” says Noah Goldstein of Navigant Research.

NEW YORK CITY—Amid a proliferation of new economic and social influences, “industry players have moved carefully along the risk spectrum,” says EY's Mark Grinis.

SACRAMENTO—The $186.4-billion pension plan is committing more than $1 billion to real estate investments for the first time in nearly three years.

SEATTLE—“Marketing used to be about spin” but now is about “transparency and sharing,” Colliers' newly appointed global chief marketing officer, Christine Schultz, tells GlobeSt.com in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> interview.

NEW YORK CITY—Declining energy prices are “largely positive for the US economy,” but have also led to some industrial markets here and in Canada rethinking their outlooks, says Cushman &amp; Wakefield.

BOSTON—Over the past four years, tech tenants have gradually assumed a greater share of class A leasing than financial services, writes Cushman &amp; Wakefield's Sharon Joyce.

NEW YORK CITY—Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on state healthcare exchanges, hospitals will have to rely less on their revenues in the future, Savills Studley's Jeffrey Cooper tells GlobeSt.com.

NEW YORK CITY—Dolce &amp; Gabbana will occupy a 160-year old property that formerly served as the home of the Joyce Theater dance performance venue.