OLMPIA, WA-Port of Olympia Commissioners gave a thumbs up this week to constructing the Port Plaza near Percival Landing. The controversial idea has been bouncing around the community for nearly a decade.

OLMPIA, WA-Port of Olympia Commissioners gave a thumbs up this week to constructing the Port Plaza near Percival Landing. The controversial idea has been bouncing around the community for nearly a decade.

TACOMA, WA-City leaders will discuss next week the hiring of a Cleveland, Ohio-based naming rights company. The goal is to generate revenue from naming rights of various facilities, including the Tacoma Dome, Cheney Stadium and the convention center.

OLYMPIA, WA-In an effort to jumpstart the state's lackluster economy, state Sens. Darlene Fairley, a Democrat, and Joseph Zarelli, a Republican, have proposed new construction projects as part of the state capital budget.

SEATTLE-In an effort to further consolidate its area workforce, the aerospace company says it will sell seven industrial buildings and five manufacturing and laboratory facilities in Kent. Combined, the buildings total more than 2 million sf.

SPOKANE, WA-WestCoast Hospitality Corp. has named the development team that will lead the combined company's Family of Hotels franchise sales. The switch was deemed necessary since the merger of WestCoast and Red Lion last year.

SEATTLE-Extended Stay America Inc. plans to develop a 131-unit hotel one block east of Aurora on Stone Avenue North, between 131st and 135th streets. If no one appeals the decision, the city's next step would be to issue a final decision on the Master Use Permit.

TACOMA, WA-City officials have postponed a vote scheduled for later this month on a $120 million office project, which is to be built on the Tacoma Dome parking lots and completed in 2020.