ORLANDO—From the rising opportunities in Downtown Orlando to transit oriented developments in other parts of Central Florida, urbanization, one RealShare Panelist panelist joked, was mentioned about 56 times.

CARLSBAD, CA—Common-area amenities are all the rage in office development, but how about an employee lounge that features widescreen TVs, comfy sofas and a ping-pong table like Hines did with its 2051 Palomar Airport Rd. project here?

MIAMI—Would developing the public waterfront land to year-round commercial event space, which would include the Boat Show, harmful to Key Biscayne or not?

DALLAS—With two of the three deals announced Thursday using the key money arrangement, Ashford Inc.'s Monty J. Bennett says the concept will “only be used on a very selective basis.”