PORTLAND-The project to develop 31 acres in the heart of the South Waterfront Plan area, part of the North Macadam Urban Renewal Area, would turn a blighted and vacant industrial site which has become a brownfield, into housing units, a research building, a hotel/conference facility, plus a parking garage, park and greenway.

PORTLAND-Aperion Audio is leasing industrial space at the Tualatin Business Center II, while MacNaughton Inc. is expanding its industrial space at the Twin Oaks Technology Center.

MUKILTEO-ZF Mathers LLC USA, a European-based supplier of state-of-the-art electronic marine systems, is consolidating its space in Washington into 25,621-sf at the North Campus Business Center.

SEATTLE-The Dallas-based construction firm will provide general contracting services for an expansion project for the biopharmaceutical company that will be used for additional laboratories and offices.

PORTLAND-An airfreight forwarding company and a distribution warehouse and air cargo carrier company has each signed 7-year leases for industrial space in a prime area popular with logistics and transportation companies.

PORTLAND-Two informal meetings are being held this week to allow members of the public to take a look at proposed development plans for the Lents Town Center area.

SEATTLE-After a year of discussion and working out the language, the City Council has passed legislation that will hopefully increase opportunities for mixed-use development in the city by allowing occupants to both live and work in the same space.

PORTLAND-Previously touted as an EPA Brownfields Showcase Community, the city, the Portland Development Corporation and Multnomah County have successfully competed for separate Brownfields Cleanup Grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency totaling $725,000.