San Diego

Cryptocurrencies are still in their infancy as a form of payment since ownership rates of this technology is still very low, but it is an emerging market, and companies are positioning themselves to be players in the space, experts tell GlobeSt.com.

The main reason is yield, since investors are accustomed to a certain pricing level and yield expectations, and markets like Arizona, Texas and Colorado can offer it, M&M's Nick Totah tells GlobeSt.com.

Although most real estate businesses are not structured as C or regular corporations, the Act reduces the highest corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, which may cause some to rethink their strategy, CGS3's Phil Jelsma tells GlobeSt.com.

With developers paying so much attention to high-end market-rate apartments and 60% AMI affordable housing, middle-income supply has dwindled and is now in great demand, Wakeland Housing's Rebecca Louie tells attendees at RealShare San Diego.

A large destination retail environment that provides an experience that shoppers can't get at Fashion Valley will both draw vendors and justify the parking expenses, JLL's Craig Killman tells RealShare San Diego attendees.

NewSchool, design institute, local universities, design firms and real estate developers band together to reinvent Downtown National City with sustainable designs aimed to stimulate economic revitalization.

Traditional lenders used to make up the bulk of CRE lending, but now alternative lenders are viewed as a viable lending source, often backed by institutions, Money360's Gary Bechtel tells attendees at RealShare San Diego's capital-markets session.

San Diego makes a strong case for Amazon locating its second headquarters in East Otay Mesa, but even without it, companies will be drawn to this submarket, Chesnut Properties Lee Chesnut tells RealShare San Diego attendees.