This week in the Southeast saw plenty of action in Kentucky and Tennessee. New development is rising, innovative retail concepts are being established and more in urban cores and beyond.

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Nashville, Phoenix, Oakland, San Diego and Seattle are the top markets in which investors should consider buying industrial assets. Notably, the western region lays claim to four out of the top five “Buy” markets, with Southern California benefiting in particular from trade flows with China, as Trans-Pacific commerce is driving absorption in the region. The report cautions, however, that the current political environment casts some uncertainty over the region's recent trade benefits. (Source: Ten-X)