HILLSBORO, OR-In two transactions toward the end of a very profitable 2000, the maker of semiconductor test equipment quietly acquires the two office buildings it was leasing from PacTrust in Five Oaks West and 36.24 acres of expansion land.

VANCOUVER, WA-Roads and utilities for Birtcher Business Center are slated for completion in the summer of 2002, as are the development's first 200,000 sf of buildings. It is planned as a strictly industrial version of AmberGlen Business Center in Hillsboro.

HILLSBORO, OR-In December, the Florida-based corporation acquired a 4.17-acre parcel once planned for a full-service Marriott hotel for $3.8 million. The company isn't yet talking, but sources Regency has preleased 80% of a planned 46,500-sf development.

SAN FRANCISCO-The commission approved the 1.1-million-sf, four-building project last year, but due to the city's office development cap it could only give the company permission to build on three of the street corners. Sun Microsystems is taking two buildings.

HILLSBORO, OR-In December, the Florida-based corporation acquired a 4.17-acre parcel once planned for a full-service Marriott hotel for $3.8 million. The company isn't yet talking, but sources Regency has preleased 80% of a planned 46,500-sf development.

SAN JOSE, CA-Pulling for their largest employer's 688-acre headquarters development, city officials here invalidated a petition drive that would have negated the City Council's unanimous approval of Cisco Systems' project and put it to a vote of the people.

SALEM-Marion County Circuit Court Judge Paul Lipscomb issued a temporary injunction last month that blocked the measure from taking effect in response to opponents who are challenging the measure's constitutionality. A trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 6.

PORTLAND-Finalists for the listing assignment -- Grubb & Ellis, Doug Bean & Associates and Cushman & Wakefield -- were to have given their final-round presentations this week, say sources close to the deal. A final decision is expected within two weeks.