AUBURN, WA-Following the failed attempts of local businessmen to purchase the vacant building, the city may force redevelopment of the 80-year-old central business district eyesore via condemnation proceedings.

SEATTLE, WA-Fortune's Andy Loos tells GlobeSt.com that the two projects will add 141 residential units and 6,800 sf of commercial space to the area if plans pan out in their current form.

FEDERAL WAY, WA-Spieker Properties has placed three Class A office buildings on the market. The ABAM Building here can be purchased separately for $6.67 million, or as part of a $16 million package deal.

SEATTLE, WA-"We know the patient is bleeding," says Rob Aigner of Colliers International of the Seattle office market. What remains unclear is the depth of the wound and how quickly it will heel.

SEATTLE, WA-The high-end retailer is cogitating a presence here, and is reportedly negotiating with a Portland, OR-based developer that is planning a $100 million mixed-use project on Second Avenue, just outside the central business district.

KENT, WA-For $11 million, city officials have purchased a 15.4-acre former chemical plant north of downtown. Plans for the property call for a public-private partnership to develop a mixed-use project that would include office, retail and residential components.

KIRKLAND, WA-With the face of the Eastside office space darkening under the shadows of a dot-com plague and the slowing economy, many are watching the listing of this prime property to see what the current market will bear.

REDMOND, WA-The last of Metzler North America's $107 million, four-building development here is open. Begun in 1999 and built in two phases, the project is occupied entirely by locally based Microsoft Corp.