Orange County

New mega developments need to build flexibility into current systems to ensure they last for 20-plus years, even as technology needs change.

The baby boom generation is using single-tenant triple-net retail as a retirement plan, and it is generating huge activity in some unlikely markets.

Brokers are reporting that as much as 50% of deals are being financed by non-traditional lenders because these sources have more financing ability.

Many developers are now looking at designing more cost-effective buildings, being more disciplined as to where they add the bling, but making sure that the amenities and common areas create a socially oriented lifestyle for the residents, Newman Garrison's Kevin Newman tells GlobeSt.com.

The market surrounding the Orange County Airport has 8,000 apartment units in the pipeline with 2,800 already under construction.

Better yields and more opportunities are attracting retail investors to trade out of California into Texas, Florida and Washington.