RIDGEFIELD, WA-Houston-based JRC Financial Inc. and the Schuck Corporation of Colorado Springs closed on their purchase of a former potato farm near Interstate 5 and Northwest 258th Street, which they plan to transform into a self-contained community.

VANCOUVER, WA-A 3,000-sf fast-food restaurant in South County that currently pays $11,327 would pay $117,655 under the proposal and the developer of a 50,000-sf office building in Downtown Vancouver that currently pays $8,808 would pay $119,237.

PORTLAND-Portland State University will use the $300,000 grant in part to help fund development of a new engineering building. The city and state already have committed $12.2 million to the $70 million project.

PORTLAND-Danner is retianing retain its existing 30,000-sf boot manufacturing facility on Airport Way. What developer Catellus Development hasn't sold of the 214-acre corporate park is all but 100% leased.

BEND, OR-Migration Software, the San Jose-based company that acquired locally based First Choice Computer Services and Z-Net Solutions, plans to move their new outpost into class A space on the west side of town.

TUALATIN, OR-Two of the proposals for developing the well-located 28-acre pit here come from two-company development teams. One is Portland-based Opus Northwest and California-based Center Oak Properties. The other is Tualatin-based Gramor Development and Trammel Crow/Portland.

TIGARD, OR-Locally-based IronSpire, maker of an on-line construction management product, will market a new Safetylogic product as a way to reduce exposure to liability for project managers and owners through tighter control of safety processes.

VANCOUVER, WA-Commercial and retail developments would see the highest increase under the proposal. In some areas, their fees would jump from under around $10,000 to around $100,000. The first public hearing is tonight.