SANTA ROSA, CA-Sonoma County Supervisor Mike Cale says 19,064 Cooley Ranch is, without a doubt, the greatest acquisition made by the county to date. The Cooley family has owned the property for 90 years.

PLEASANTON, CA-The deal is valued at more than $20 million dollars and is expected to be finalized by the end of the summer. Ikea's only existing Bay Area location is in Emeryville. A third store is being proposed for East Palo Alto.

SACRAMENTO-The Capital Towers development consists of one 15-story, 203-unit apartment tower, a separate parking structure and approximately 25 smaller apartment buildings.

RICHMOND, CA-The county will use the 60,000-sf space to consolidate the five offices of its Employment and Human Services Department that are currently in various locations in the western portion of the county.

DUBLIN, CA- The proposal for a three-story building seemed to be a sure thing, as the land is zoned for office use. But city officials, heeding citizen requests it be turned into a park, are revisiting the plan by Berkeley Land Company.

SAN QUENTIN-A state report recommends relocating the deteriorating state prison in Marin County and redevelopment land. If a 500-unit residential community was built with minimum retail space and maximum historic preservation, the state's revenue could be more than $200 million.

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA-The insurer takes 139,760 sf of office space in two B&Z Properties' buildings that are connected by a temperature-controlled breezeway.

MILL VALLEY, CA-MetaTV signed a seven-year lease for 23,000 sf in 2 Belvedere Place, a 60,000sf building owned by San Francisco's Gate Capital LLC. Listed rates for space in the building are $5.50 per sf, full service.