CHULA VISTA, CA-The long-awaited $80 million Gateway Chula Vista office and retail complex is about to get a grand opening. City officials say the redevelopment project will boost the South Bay economy by creating more than 1,000 new jobs and tens of thousands in tax revenue.

ESCONDIDO, CA-A planned 28-unit condominium project on South Escondido Boulevard near Sunset Drive has sparked threats of a lawsuit. Despite neighborhood opposition, city officials OK the development.

SAN MARCOS,CA-This city's boom in industrial and retail business prompts a slow-growth movement. Now, the Chamber of Commerce is fighting back by opposing a potential ballot measure.

SAN DIEGO-A Nevada gaming interest signs a deal to assist the 350-member San Pasqual Indian band in turning around a $180-million casino development effort that plunged the tribe into debt.

NATIONAL CITY,CA-City leaders approve a transaction needed to move forward with a $22 million education center. They OK a $2 million parcel sale.

SAN DIEGO-San Diego's Downtown redevelopment arm launches a nearly two-year process to revise the area's growth blueprint. The first of several workshops seeking public input begins.

SAN DIEGO-An 18-unit apartment complex sells to a private investor for $1.72 million. The 9,000-sf garden apartment complex includes 18 one-bedroom, one-bath units. The project was built in 1958.

SAN DIEGO-Federico Escobedo Garduqo, a Mexico City-based developer, plans to build a $40 million convention center in Tijuana in 2004 in the industrial Otay Mesa area. Local officials have long pressed for a convention center in Tijuana, one of Mexico's largest cities.