EUGENE, OR-The locally based fast-food chain Taco Time is recasting its image in brighter colors. The colors will eventually spread to all 400 Taco Times in the United States and three other countries.

TUALATIN, OR-Panattoni's point man in the Northwest, Mike Wells, confirms for GlobeSt.com that the Sacramento, CA-based build-to-suit developer has another 55 acres under contract just south of Portland, OR on Tualatin-Sherwood Road.

TIGARD, OR-Had the best case scenario played out, Panattoni Development would be breaking ground this month on a 150,000-sf office project in Tigard. Instead, it is having a hard time finding an acceptable way to get cars on and off the site.

REDMOND, WA-Ahead of schedule, construction crews recently completed the steel topping out of the four-story, 214,000-sf class A office building being developed by Hart Properties along Highway 520.

SALEM, OR-With the Legislature having missed its chance to rewrite the property measure compensation bill, Measure 7 is solely in the hands of the Oregon Supreme Court. Oral arguments on the law's constitutionality are scheduled to begin this fall.

PORTLAND-Luther Barker, client relationship manager at US Bank in Portland, tells GlobeSt.com assisted-living facilities, suburban office and hospitality don't really make sense right now due to recent overbuilding.

SEATTLE, WA-Seattle-based Mastro Properties has three office projects, two residential developments and one mixed-use building in the works in King County. Two are already under construction, one is set to begin this week and two others are expected to break ground later this year. All are for sale.

SEATTLE, WA-Locally-based Mastro Properties is divesting itself of out-of-state holdings and going great guns within, juggling a handful of new projects in Bellevue and Kirkland and leasing up another in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.