WASHINGTON, DC--Newmark Grubb Knight Frank's Greg Leisch and Sandy Paul released their Benchmarks report for the Washington DC area. We'll be looking at their findings in a series of articles.

NEW YORK CITY—The developer—in conjunction with several other such firms—plans to offer a shuttle bus for East Williamsburg and Bushwick tenants during the L train shutdown starting in 2019.

SAN FRANCISCO—A Bay Area-based building supply company is taking a more aggressive stance by partnering with an engineered structural connector company to expand its offering of products, giving builders more commercial and residential choices.

SAN DIEGO—Activity in San Diego's life-sciences sector started to pick up in 2011 and has been exceptionally strong during the past 30 months, but JLL's Grant Schoneman tells GlobeSt.com <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b> he wouldn't characterize the spurt of deals here as sudden.