LOS ANGELES—In this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> interview, Wilson Retail's Scott Burns talks about retail leasing trends from the tenant's perspective, noting that landlords have the upper hand in urban markets.

LOS ANGELES—According to CEO and founder Jilliene Helman, the crowdfunding platform's first institutional partnership with Direct Lending Investments promises certainty of capital for borrowers of debt, GlobeSt.com reports in this <b>UPDATE</b> to a previous story.

LOS ANGELES—The InterContinental hotel brand will operate a 900-room hotel at Korean Air's $1.1-billion Wilshire Grand mixed-use development in Downtown Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES—Ten-year veteran Eddie Prosser joins the newly launched crowdfunding platform as SVP of real estate investments, responsible for cultivating and maintaining partnerships with lenders and brokers, GlobeSt.com reports <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b>.

LOS ANGELES—In this &lt;EXCLUSIVE</b> story, GlobeSt.com reports that Wood Partners decides to sell its newly built 209-unit luxury apartment complex in the South Park neighborhood of downtown.

LOS ANGELES—With vacancy rates dropping, retail tenants no longer have multiple options for new locations, Wilson Retail SVP tells reporter Kelsi Maree Borland in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> Q&amp;A about the evolving retail leasing market.

OXNARD, CA—Loja Real Estate LLC acquires a Hispanic grocery-anchored shopping center for $20 million in an all-cash transaction, GlobeSt.com reports <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b>.

LOS ANGELES—CBRE's Laurie Lustig-Bower, one of the speakers on the development panel at the upcoming RealShare Apartments, talks about how both domestic and foreign investors are helping drive prices up on a handful of rare development sites.