MENLO PARK, CA-The major Bay Area REIT has enjoyed a fiscally upbeat year and recently received a Strong Buy recommendation from Deutsche Banc Alex. Its earnings report is coming out Tuesday.

SAN JOSE, CA-The Palladium Co. of New York and its area affiliate, San Francisco-based Chatham Development Partners, will have responsibility for a prize 1.6-million-SF Downtown project.

SAN JOSE, CA-San Jose State University, which along with its fellow Downtown neighbors is undergoing a renewal, has preliminary approval for a project that would combine 250,000 sf of academic space with one million sf of rentable area.

SAN JOSE, CA-A California Energy Commission hearing is "the next milestone" for US DataPort's 2-million-sf suite of Internet hotels, proposed for a 154-acre parcel in the northern part of the city.

DUBLIN, CA-Developer Opus West's three-building complex here is now fully leased the networking titan Cisco Systems' locking down 220,000-sf space. The 10-year lease is worth a total of $10 million.

SAN LORENZO, CA-The San Lorenzo Village Center Specific Plan covers 22 acres in the heart of the unincorporated area, which sits off Interstate 880 and borders the City of Hayward on Silicon Valley's northern edge.

SAN JOSE, CA-With energy providers under fire and unreliable power sources the order of the day in Silicon Valley, area leaders say the problem is a future topic of discussion -- but aren't providing any specific plans for building new facilities.

PALO ALTO, CA-GlobalStake.com is an online commercial real estate lending service focused on business-to-business lending, with an emphasis on debt and equity services. Loans types include permanent financing, bridge or short-term loans, construction financing, and mezzanine or second financing.