Unconventional lodging formats—boutiques, lifestyle properties and select-service hotels—are the 'cool kids' of today's hotel industry. But are they worth the hype?

COSTA MESA, CA—Harbor Townhouse Apartments brought $258,000 per unit from a San Francisco Buyer. Triqor group marketed the asset.

LAS VEGAS—GlobeSt.com was in attendance last night at the client appreciation party for IPA, a division of Marcus & Millichap, where Bill Rose tells GlobeSt.com that deal flow will not be in short supply this year.

LAS VEGAS—E-retailers are no longer a separate entity. That is just one of the many insights and forecasts we received from just a few—of the 40,000 people in attendance—at this year's big ICSC ReCon event.