Orange County

The industrial sector has been CRE's darling for some time, thanks to increasing demand for warehouse and distribution space. As online shopping shows no signs of abating, Ten-X Commercial has identified the top-five buy and sell markets for industrial space nationwide.

Lenders are beginning to lower the maximum LTV and increase DSCR, keeping rental-rates flat and allowing landlords to reserve for tenant improvements in case a property needs to be repositioned during the term of the loan, Money360's Gary Bechtel tells GlobeSt.com.

Counter to the nationwide trend, the institutional-investor share of single-family home purchases increases from a year ago 31% in 37% of zip codes analyzed in ATTOM Data's latest report.

Capital investors chasing the historical returns of the sector have prompted numerous new entrants into the self-storage industry that are forming teams to build and buy the product, Westport Properties' Ben Hall tells GlobeSt.com.

Projects like Dyer Road and Beckman Business Center are rare, but they are good examples of investors finding creative ways to redevelop or renovate older and functionally obsolete buildings, JLL's Nick Carey tells GlobeSt.com.

A private investment company snatches up the 105,636-square-foot shopping center at 110-130 W. Imperial Hwy. here, which had recently undergone a repositioning—further proof of this submarket's resurgence.

Drivers of outdoor office amenities, particularly in Orange County, range from clement weather most of the year to open floor plans and technology itself, JLL's Jeff Ingham tells GlobeSt.com.

Sophisticated fitness-center operators that are expanding today are utilizing a variety of analytics for site selection in order to get the best locations for their brand, C&W's Chad Iafrate tells GlobeSt.com.