All the new apartment construction in-and-around the convention center in Washington DC is another example of sterile neighborhood development sweeping through our cities in a rush to create profitable 24-hour environments.

PALM BEACH, FL—Noteworthy is the fact that Crocker entities originally developed both office assets. So why buy them again now?

TORRANCE, CA—The wholesale retailer buys the rare land parcel from the Rockefeller Group with plans to build a 164,000-square-foot store in 2015.

PLAYA VISTA, CA—DivcoWest forms a joint venture with Maguire Investments to own Water's Edge, a two-building class-A office property in Playa Vista, and plans to build a third building to take advantage of growing demand.