SAN JOSE, CA-The hotly debated proposal by the city's largest employer goes before city council members tonight. The 20,000-worker campus is widely expected to be given the thumbs-up, but several have said they will appeal the decision.

SAN JOSE, CA-With software giant Cisco Systems' proposed North Coyote Valley campus coming closer to reality, area landowners foresee future activity on their own properties.

PALO ALTO, CA-A third-quarter report from Marcus & Millichap Investment Brokerage Co. says Santa Clara County apartment owners with multifamily properties are continuing to enjoy low vacancies and a strong market.

SAN JOSE, CA-A Compaq company source tells GlobeSt.com that the firm will pay $47 million over the next 15 years as part of the marketing partnership. In addition, Compaq will pump $70 million into the city's general fund, and $22 million into the 8-year-old arena's reserve fund.

SAN JOSE, CA-Late last week, a mayoral Housing Production Team recommended immediate planning for development in the central Coyote Valley. That dictate reverses city policy mandating slower growth in the area.

SAN JOSE, CA-Responding to inquiries from the San Jose Mercury News, city officials this week concede that the proposed new City Hall building will likely fail to win Federal Aviation Administration approval because it is too tall.

PALO ALTO, CA-Hewlett-Packard Corp. has paid $1.7 million for the place where it all began: a ramshackle garage on Addison Avenue where the company's two founders first began tinkering with ideas.

SAN JOSE, CA-Developer Divco West has retained the Los Angeles office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler to arrange about $100 million in financing for a $137-million office portfolio acquisition.