SANTA CLARA, CA-At the beginning of this year, the publicly-traded maker of fiber optic products consisted of a 15,000-sf manufacturing facility here. By mid-2001, it expects to control some 234,000 sf.

SANTA CLARA, CA-Across from the Santa Clara Convention Center and adjacent to Paramount's Great America Theme Park, the newly-constructed 280-room Hilton Santa Clara is now open for business.

SPOKANE, WA-The EDC hopes to received the funding to add four new members to its current eight-member staff, including two new business-development positions in the first quarter of 2001.

LOS ALTOS, CA-After 12 years, the City of Sratoga's planning director James Walgren is leaving to do the same for the the City of Los Altos. He will step in and do the same for this city beginning Jan. 8.

SEATTLE, WA-With an escalating price, longer than anticipated construction time and loss of community support, the Sound Transit Authority is spending more time stomping out fires than on construction of its light-rail system.

FEDERAL WAY, WA-The buyers were Costco, which bought five acres, and an unnamed Beverly Hills-based family that purchased 12.89 acres - one of the local development's only remaining undeveloped parcels.

SEATTLE, WA-Jim Larkin proposes to construct 100,000 sf of office space, the maximum allowed by zoning. The balance of the space would house a computer data center and telecommunications operations.

SAN JOSE, CA-The five parcels to be redeveloped are located throughout the San Jose central business district, with the largest being a 5.1-acre property at Santa Clara and First streets. Three parking lots also are on the list.