DALLAS—With the growing list of complex and siloed building systems for lighting, elevators, badging, HVAC, etc., streamlining those systems onto a single converged method has been difficult in the past.

LOS ANGELES—Here's a look at this week's trends, announcements and deals that you may have missed in Southern California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

OAKLAND, CA—The Wakefield Building's proximity to the 19th Street BART station and Uptown's trendy bars and restaurants, combined with its classic architecture and open floor plans, has resulted in the building garnering some of the highest rents in Downtown Oakland's creative office market.