With real estate becoming an increasingly opportunistic as well as global business, it's only fitting that some industry players would embrace potential revenue streams found in the friendly skies, whether that be through the use of corporate jets, transport of air cargo or redevelopment of existing airports.<p>

SAN FRANCISCO-Curtis Davies, a former Grubb &amp; Ellis hospitality expert, has joined the San Francisco office for CB Richard Ellis, where he has assumed the role of first vice president and regional director.

SAN FRANCISCO-The industrial real estate developer is joint venturing with GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd., the real estate investment subsidiary of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp., to own and operate distribution facilities in the US.

SAN FRANCISCO-The economy may be slowing, but the real estate law firm Steefel, Levitt &amp; Weiss is accelerating. The locally based firm has hired eight new attorneys to handle its growing business.

SAN FRANCISCO-Developer Thomas McCarthy originally proposed a three-story, 120,000-sf office addition to a building on Berry Street near Pacific Bell Park. Last week he reduced the project to 49,500 sf of office space.

SAN FRANCISCO-A 22,000-sf parcel on the southwest corner of Ellis and Mason streets is on the market for a steep $10 million. The site, which currently houses a parking lot and an adult bookstore, could be home to a new hotel.

ANTIOCH, CA-Brentwood farmer and developer Bob Nunn cleared the second hurdle en route to seeing the project approved when the city council voted four-to-one in favor of the draft development plan.

SACRAMENTO, CA-The discount division of clothier Nordstrom Inc. has leased 32,000 sf in the Creekside Town Center shopping mall under construction at Highway 65 and Galleria Boulevard, across the street from the Galleria Mall.