The entrepreneurial nature of family offices, private-equity groups and high-net-worth individuals makes them less risk averse than institutional investors, but value-add retail opportunities are now few and far between, CBRE's Arthur Flores tells GlobeSt.com.

Chronic under-investment in urban infrastructure such as education, transportation and other assets is a mistake because such investment is the only way to sustain growth, says Sam Chandan at the Trigild Lender Conference.

Universities often want their new structure to adopt the same style as the existing buildings while still looking like a new facility—a tough task for architects on these projects, Snyder Langston's Jason Rich tells GlobeSt.com.

Technology-related disruptors like Amazon, autonomous vehicles and Airbnb will dramatically and permanent shift the way we use real estate, while other types have been overplayed, London Moeder Advisors' Gary London tells GlobeSt.com.

Asking rates rise to an all-time high in the market, causing the largest quarterly jump since Q4 2015 as tenants are willing to pay a premium for well-appointed space in prime locations, says CBRE's Matt Carlson.

Specific language is creeping into leases to which investors are not paying attention, and they're getting burned down the line. Marcus & Millichap's Alvin Mansour tells GlobeSt.com what to watch out for in triple-net leases.

A combination of commuting patterns, access to key educated employees and newly built real estate has made the decision for companies to locate in this submarket an easy one, NKF's Jay Nugent tells GlobeSt.com.

According to a RETS Associates survey, Silicon Valley, Orange County and San Francisco boasted the highest wage growth for real estate analysts in the country this year. Kent Elliott weighs in on why.