NEWARK, CA-The Marriott Residence Inn and Courtyard by Marriott, both of which started construction this week, are being developed by Pacific RealEquities.

HAYWARD, CA-The two firms have proposed a 600-megawatt power plant for this area; the plant would power up to 600,000 homes and, if approved, could be on go by 2004.

DANVILLE, CA-This town may begin requiring developers to pay a steep $50,000 deposit to protect trees that could be affected by construction work.

MILPITAS, CA-GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp., a financial subsidiary of General Motors, has provided just shy of $30 million for the Marriott TownePlace Suites and the Courtyard by Marriott.

PALO ALTO, CA-Members a local environmentalist group is fighting proposed development on Stanford University property that it claims will destroy the habitat of the California tiger salamander.

FREMONT, CA-Digital Fountain, which uses a Web-based platform to combine the Internet with television capabilities, says it will relocate operations here from San Francisco.

SAN JOSE, CA-Joining several other governments and organizations, a consortium of environmental groups calling itself People for Livable and Affordable Neighborhoods filed suit this week to block Cisco Systems' 688-acre, 20,000-worker campus.

CUPERTINO, CA-Mission West Properties say FFO for its fourth quarter of 2000 increased 32% from the same 1999 period. Shares of Mission West were trading at $13.95 Friday afternoon, off 5 cents from Thursday's close.