SAN JOSE - The newly-public maker of optical telecommunications systems is having Mission West Properties build it a 455,000-sf, five-building campus organize and centralize workers.

SAN FRANCISCO - Cesar Pelli has been charged with the final design for Chase H&Q's new headquarters, which will be finished with dark green aluminum and glass.

SAN FRANCISCO - The city by the Bay jumps from 29th to ninth on the list of the priciest market in the world; it is the first time a North American city has ranked so high.

SEBASTOPOL, CA - A local partnership has so far invested $7 million in the transformation of an historic train barn into a mixed-used development featuring office, retail and lodging.

SAN FRANCISCO - Susan Valenta comes from Starboard Commercial Real Estate, where she worked for eight years.

OAKLAND-The subject of the all-day, sold-out conference featuring HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo is "Growth, Displacement and Affordable Housing: A Rural and Urban Perspective.

SAN FRANCISCO - Approximately 85% of the condos in Millennium Tower have been sold, with prices starting at about $1 million. Rooms at the hotel are expected to rent for about $400 a night

BURLINGAME - As other old line economy companies have found in the Bay Area recently, Nieco Corp. finds revenue lost to rising rents were preventing their business from growing.