LOS ANGELES—The Da Vinci Apartment complex, a 1-million-square-foot development on a city block in Downtown Los Angeles, catches fire, destroying much of the development and damaging nearby buildings, including the L.A. Department of Water and Power.

SAN FRANCISCO—When you have access to actionable data and can slice and dice your data to spot outliers and trends in seconds that previously went undetected, it has a huge impact on your bottom line, says Justin Alanis of Rentlytics Inc. in part two of this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> Q&amp;A series.

SAN DIEGO—Kearny Real Estate Co.'s Elliot Weinstock tells GlobeSt.com users were showing interest in the Union Bank building, rebranded to Five Thirty B St., even before the improvements were completed.