The <b>Town of Apple Valley</b> is courting more retailers at the ICSC Western Division Conference (<b>booth 538</b>). <b>Fountains at Quail Ridge</b> (above) is one project on tap in the town.

The <b>City of Hesperia</b> in <b>San Bernardino County</b> is looking for eateries and entertainment to add to current retailers such as <b>Target</b> (above). The city is exhibiting at Sequoia Suite 1040 at the ICSC Western Division Conference.

<b>Panda Express</b> is one of the hot net lease retail tenants right now says <b>Stan Johnson Co.</b>'s <b>Breslin</b>. His firm will be at <b>booth 1513</b> next week at the ICSC Western Division Conference in San Diego.

Next week California retail landlords will have one less obstacle to combat -- Amazon.com luring customers with the promise of no sales tax.

Retail transactions are expected to rise 30% on the West Coast, according to <b>Marcus &amp; Millichap</b>'s <b>Rose</b>, who will be at the <b>Oahu Suite</b> doing deals at the ICSC Western Division show.

<b>Manarino Realty, LLC</b> (exhibiting at the <b>Mt. Rainier Suite</b> with CBRE at the ICSC Western Division Conference)is priming the one-million-square-foot <b>Tierra Luna Marketplace</b> outside of L.A.

GlobeSt.com will have wall-to-wall coverage of ICSC's Western Division conference throughout the month.

PASSCO's Wong sees stronger retail tenant leasing and a healthier retail tenant mix than in past years.