UNION CITY, CA-Breuners Home Furnishings uses the 130,140-sf building here for distribution purposes. It is located in the Alvarado Business Center. The lease is for five years.

SAN FRANCISCO-With financial strains amounting to $750,000 a day at stake, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors votes to deny residents' appeal of the city's environmental assessment of the 62-acre Laguna Honda Hospital redevelopment.

ROSEVILLE, CA-A Jack in the Box franchisee and his company, Kobra Properties, prepares to break ground on a 150,000-sf retail complex on 14 acres located between a Home Depot and a Toys "R" Us.

LAS VEGAS-The timeshare developer has secured building permit renewals for the planned $3-million renovation of its Lake Tropicana property.

DIXON, CA-Billionaire Frank Stronach envisions a 225-acre horseracing venue here that would replace Bay Meadows, a San Mateo racetrack that is closing because its land has become too valuable to use for racing horses.

SACRAMENTO-James E. Burton, CEO of the $140-billion public pension fund for the past eight years, will take the CEO spot at the World Gold Council, a gold mining association, at the end of this month. Burton previously said he would resign at the end of the year.

CONCORD, CA-Concord's new Economic Development Action Plan aims to "retain, expand, develop, and attract businesses" but the city's mayor has warned city officials that there's a fine line between economic development and bribery.

SAN FRANCISCO-The San Francisco Board of Supervisors are discussing a November ballot initiative to revise the city's business tax by doubling the real estate transfer tax on commercial and residential properties that are sold for more than $1 million.