Office

GlobeSt.com <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b> chats with Richard Freeark about his new role at C.W. Driver Cos., and about some of the most important issues facing California builders currently, especially in San Diego.

Brookfield has been vying for the retail REIT for some time but its previous offers had been spurned.

The mixed-use transit-oriented development, Passage at San Mateo, is surrounded by retail including a market hall and class-A buildings, and adjacent to a Caltrain station, with the ability to reduce traffic by 25%, GlobeSt.com learns in this EXCLUSIVE.

Investment activity slowed 10% altogether in 2017, but some asset classes fared better than others.

The market has the highest office vacancy rate in Los Angeles, but Brookfield, the largest owner of office product, is managing to find success.

Rachel Meranus leaves her position as CMO at Olapic to become the flexible office space provider's chief marketing officer.

Existing inventory is 100% leased and 700 Santana Row is under construction featuring 30,000- and 50,000-square-foot floorplates, with headquarters-quality office space.

ATLANTA—Atlanta's job growth came in just shy of 60,000 for calendar year 2017. That's after 81,800 gains in 2016 and 78,800 in 2015. So says…