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Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
SAN DIEGO—A mix of development cost, rental unaffordability and a large supply of outdated housing options that don't serve the universities' student-retention goals is creating problems for this sector here, panelists at a recent ULI breakfast event say.
COSTA MESA, CA—Older adults are increasingly integrating technology into their daily lives, and this trend is being reflected in the new 55-plus communities being developed today, Nexus Cos.' Cory Alder tells GlobeSt.com in this EXCLUSIVE look at Vivante.
SAN DIEGO—A diverse economy, attractive labor pool and significant real estate and cost-of-living discount over other West Coast markets make San Diego ideal for both startups and corporate expansions, CBRE's Andrew Ewald tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.
IRVINE, CA—An increased emphasis on landscaping and lighting to visually enhance the built environment, more clean lines and contemporary architecture are emerging in these two property sectors, KTGY's Simon Perkowitz tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.
CARLSBAD, CA—One sector has space to spare; the other is tight as can be. Lee's Peter Merz weighs in with GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY on the disparity between the two property types and the trends affecting both of them.
SAN DIEGO—Top-of-the-market rents in class-A buildings with all the amenities are great, but the market really needs good, solid workforce housing for affordable rents in most markets, CBRE's Kevin Mulhern tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.
CARLSBAD, CA—Carlsbad has been the most actively traded market in San Diego County, and it's seeing increased activity in the life-science/biotech/R&D sector despite nearby Torrey Pines Mesa and UTC, C&W's Aric Starck tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—The public market is a bit more concerned about rising interest rates and what might be happening to fundamentals in gateway markets like New York and San Francisco, Green Street's Jim Sullivan tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.
SAN DIEGO—While we may not be able to predict how much runway is left in the current cycle, judicious development and financing trends bode well for this sector for the long term, KeyBank's Brian Heagler tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.
SAN DIEGO—Conversions of obsolete industrial space to self-storage is becoming more popular as ground-up development grows increasingly more cost-prohibitive, Wentworth Storage's Dave King tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.

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Download Resource
From Green Street
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Fueled by AI, the global data center market is booming. This summary, generated in seconds with the Green Street MCP Server, covers U.S. and European market forecasts, recent sales comps, development activity, and key REIT analysis.
Download Resource
From Colliers
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Download Resource
From Placer.ai
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
From Assurant
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Download Resource
From Assurant
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Download Resource
From Assurant
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource