EDMONDS, WA-The Stevens Hospital will build a $15.5 million medical office building on its current campus. The hospital will include an outpatient surgery center, sleep laboratory and women's health center.

MILPITAS, CA-Palm and its subsidiary PalmSource resided together at 3Com's Santa Clara campus. Now, the companies will show their separate identities when they move to new headquarters in Milpitas and Sunnyvale.

RENTON, WA-According to Colliers International, the South County office market is slow and steady, but may be hit with waves when leases in Boeing buildings expire this year.

SAN FRANCISCO-Plans for the Letterman Digital Arts Center, the proposed new headquarters for Lucasfilm, may be scaled back following several complaints about the project's size and appearance.

SEATTLE-After breaking company sales records with a new store in Seattle last year, KremeWorks has decided to open two new Krispy Kreme stores in Seattle, and both may be open early next year.

SEATTLE-Could the Downtown office market here be reaching the bottom? According to Colliers' preliminary 2nd Quarter 2000 report, the area's vacancy rate was only slightly higher than last quarter's.

EL CERRITO, CA-After a year of pressure from city officials and residents, Trader Joe's has signs a 10-year lease to occupy an 11,000-sf site at El Cerrito Plaza, bringing specialty groceries to the city.

BELLEVUE, WA-The $360-million mixed-use project, already set to be temporarily halted late this summer due to an uncertain market and other problems, this week suffers another setback when a construction accident on the site leaves three workers in serious condition.