San Diego

Prologis's sale of Downtown San Diego's Santa Fe Depot opens up add-on uses including a boutique hotel, creative office, restaurants and retail, Voit's Kipp Gstettenbauer tells GlobeSt.com.

By providing amenities that enhance the dining experience and make the environment memorable, patrons are enticed to return even if they're not staying at the hotel, Ware Malcomb's Tiffany English tells GlobeSt.com.

This is the region's eighth consecutive year of positive absorption, with very little new supply added to market, causing vacancy rates to tighten and rental rates to rise, JLL's Tony Russell tells GlobeSt.com.

As residents get priced out of infill coastal markets close to Downtown San Diego and the beach communities, they have been moving out to areas like La Mesa to gain more value for their home, IEC's Brendan Gibney tells GlobeSt.com.

CBRE's new space within Westfield UTC provides great access to amenities such as hundreds of world-class retail stores and restaurants, but the perception about access to parking is a big hurdle to get over, Carrie Bobb tells GlobeSt.com.

While the hotel outlook for 2018 remains positive, the future depends largely on the economy over the next 15 months, and the hotel industry would be the first to feel the results of a downturn, Trigild's Kevin Berry tells GlobeSt.com.

Being aware of inequities and making a top-down plan with measurable goals can set CRE companies on a course that will make them more diverse and inclusive as well as more successful, say panelists at a recent BMC event.

D&I is not just the politically correct thing to do anymore; these days, CRE capital is following companies that have strong diversity and inclusion policies that result in a fairer playing field for all, says one panelist at Wednesday's BMC event.