SAN DIEGO—The merger of architecture and design studios AVRP and Skyport brings together long-time colleagues for urbanization projects and offers the industry something the megafirms can't, the firms' principals tell GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.

SANTA ANA, CA—Projects like this need an affordable-housing developer with access to a TOD site that he or she can afford to acquire, and outside funding must be available, C&C's Todd Cottle tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.

LOS ANGELES—Accessibility, amenities and office building type are among the keys to Playa Vista's success as a tech hub, but there's more to the story, Tishman Speyer's John Ollen tells GlobeSt.com in this EXCLUSIVE O.CON preview.

SAN DIEGO—Occupiers of one product type can increase faster than others, driving demand for a specific type of space over another, CBRE's Michael Combs tells GlobeSt.com in this EXCLUSIVE San Diego job-growth analysis.

SAN DIEGO—The best practices property managers used three or five years ago may not be best practices today, so it's important to continually reevaluate them, Bond Retail's Richard Muhlebach tells GlobeSt.com in this EXCLUSIVE pre-IREM conference interview.

IRVINE, CA—The industry cannot entirely avoid a cyclical downturn, but it can minimize its effects by maintaining solid underwriting standards and not letting valuations get too rich relative to underlying fundamentals, Ten-X's Chris Muoio tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.

SAN DIEGO—Stakeholders are leveraging the newly opened US Bank Stadium in Downtown Minneapolis as a means for economic growth and more, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen tells GlobeSt.com in this EXCLUSIVE interview.

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego market will continue to see strong demand for creative co-working office and flex/R&D spaces, as well as increased investment in class-B and -C office assets well into next year, Continental Funding's Eugene Rutenberg tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.