CHICAGO—Competition from new supply in both Manhattan and San Francisco has led Equity Residential to join “the concession party” in those cities, COO David Santee said on the multifamily REIT's recent first-quarter call.

BELLEVUE, WA—Outlook at Lakemont, built in 1992, will undergo significant improvements, investors say.

LOS ANGELES—Rising Realty Partners' sister telecommunications company, 5x5 Telecom, helped drive occupancy and rents at the PacMutual Building (which sold for $200 million), but was it easy for potential buyers to understand the benefit? GlobeSt.com talks to the company's Marc Gittleman in this EXCLUSIVE story.

LAS VEGAS—Lee & Associates' Jeffrey Rinkov is placing his bets on the growth of the urban core. In this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> RECon video interview, he explains why.