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The co-founder of AOL told the audience at during MBA's CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention and Expo 2018 last week that they should rethink their relationships with customers, competitors and governments alike to be successful.

Absolutely, but simple data is not unique enough; we need to use technology in a way that gives companies a competitive advantage in the marketplace, say speakers at MBA CREF.

The SDSU West initiative has received more than 106,000 signatures, which have been verified by the San Diego city clerk as sufficient to send the measure before voters this year.

Deep human interaction is what sets us apart from computers and can't be replicated with technology, so humans will never be obsolete in the workplace, Fortune's Geoff Colvin tells attendees at MBA CREF.

Particularly in the I-15 corridor, the market has surpassed peak pricing, there's a void of smaller buildings and rapidly growing smaller businesses are increasing demand, Colliers' Marc Posthumus tells GlobeSt.com.

Panelists at MBA's CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention and Expo 2018 say that one of the biggest surprises of 2017 was that spreads had continued to grind way tighter than they had thought they would.

With more major diversified financial institutions appearing to be taking ownership stakes in debt funds, mortgage-banking firms and technology platforms, the waters are growing murkier for those that have been in this space for some time, panelists at MBA CREF tell attendees.

Strong fundamentals, coupled with a supply/demand imbalance and rising interest rates, paint a rosy picture of the apartment sector for lenders, speakers at the MBA CREF/Multifamily conference tell attendees.