Outdoor food markets move inside and the world's greenest office ...

Developers are betting that fashionable food markets will bring in higher rents, and Seattle will soon be home to the world?s greenest office building. Here?s what you might have missed this week:

Wall Street Journal: Hip markets are builders? new lure

New York developers are capitalizing on the popularity of outdoor markets by bringing them inside. At least six indoor markets are opening in the city with space for local and smaller high-end food vendors that could bring in higher rents. Read more about this high-end trend at the Wall Street Journal.

New York Times: A building not just green, but practically self-sustaining

Said to be the world?s greenest office building, the Bullitt Center in Seattle is set to open on Earth Day. The project?s composting toilets, firm limits on energy and water use, and other features are designed to earn the building certification under the Living Building Challenge, a standard so strict only three U.S. buildings meet the requirements. Read how this building could change green commercial buildings in the future at the New York Times.

Travel Weekly: Prime real estate in Santa Monica eyed for hotel projects

Developers are hoping to transform downtown Santa Monica with two new hotel towers along the city?s coastline. Few hotels have gone up since the 1930s, and the area is in desperate need of more accommodations for its nearly 7 million annual visitors. Find out more about the proposed hotels at Travel Weekly.

Investor?s Business Daily: Tech, energy add pop to commercial real estate rise

Large and small commercial real estate markets across the U.S. are reaping the benefits of expansion in the technology and energy industries. Companies from these sectors are steadily filling up space previously occupied by the financial sector. Find out which markets are seeing an influx of tenants at Investor?s Business Daily.

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