UNION CITY, CA-The Union City-based company's product provides constantly updated apartment and housing information via a variety of mobile phones and PDAs. The product is being marketed to a host of Internet sites for rental properties that cater to consumers.

OAKLAND, CA-The property along Mandela Parkway has been boarded up since 1989, when Nestle Corp. bought the ice cream manufacturer operating out of the building there and consolidated its operations.

LIVERMORE, CA-An out-of-state developer has purchased the 100-acre site off National Road in Livermore with plans to sell parcels to developers and corporations, including one East Bay developer.

OAKLAND, CA-Wilcox Development Services of Dallas, TX says it will begin developing next fall a 400,000-to-600,000-sf office tower on the site located near I-580, a major thoroughfare for commuters traveling to and from Oakland and Emeryville.

FOLSOM, CA-Pier 1 Imports and The Men's Warehouse both signed five-year leases at the developing mall here, on the eastern edge of the Sacramento megalopolis. The stores will open early next year, just as construction on the plaza is completed.

EL DORADO HILLS, CA-Dallas, TX-based Wilcox Development Services has broken ground on a four-building developmeny here - 30 miles outside Sacramento - that will be occupied by Blue Shield of California.

SAN FRANCISCO-Unico's CEO and president Dale Sperling says the property will help his company identify with trends in Seattle because activity typically occurs in Seattle 12 to 24 months after it has taken place in San Francisco.

EMERYVILLE, CA-Several large Bay Area developers are taking a gamble here on San Pablo Avenue, the corridor leading to Oakland. The route will now become home to more than 150,000-sf plus of retail, homes and office space.