LOS ANGELES—Similar to the Staples Center catalyzing the downtown renaissance, the USC Village development will have a similar effect on the USC submarket, according to Avison Young's Robert Ip in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> Q&amp;A.

TEMPE, AZ—The 1.3 million-square-foot, open-air retail center offers strategically integrated shopping, dining and entertainment in a festive, pedestrian-oriented village town center environment.

SAN FRANCISCO—A report released at the ULI Fall Meeting by ULI's Greenprint Center for Building Performance shows a 7.9% reduction in energy use across a cohort of 176 properties consistently tracked since 2010 for $170 million in identified savings.

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ—Sitar Realty Company - TCN Worldwide has brokered the $5.3 million sale of a 26 acre industrial property that formerly housed Point Pleasant Beer Distributors. That works out to about $56 per square foot.