SAN DIEGO-A $1 million renovation of the Imperial Beach Promenade shopping center at the southernmost tip of San Diego County has a general contractor and should be finished by August.

OCEANSIDE, CA-With several resort developments in the works, a city agency has approved a plan to lure more tourism to this North County community. Under the plan, the city would spend more money on beautification, transportation and pedestrian walkways.

SAN DIEGO-In a continuation of an emerging real estate trend toward individual ownership of medical and dental offices, a local construction firm has finished a 10,000-sf medical and dental plaza in Temecula.

CHULA VISTA, CA-Steelwork is complete on the first phase of Gateway Chula Vista, an $82-million, 346,000-sf development on 4.5 acres. It will be the only property south of Downtown to have a class A office component.

SAN DIEGO-Construction on a $28 million "sports resort" continues to move forward in Carmel Valley. The club is expected to open next spring and will feature sports and fitness facilities, including pools, tennis courts, exercise studios, squash courts, a basketball court and an 11,000-sf fitness center.

SAN DIEGO-Southern California's largest trade show promoting commerce between the U.S. and Mexico drew about 3,500 at Pacific Rim Pointe in Otay Mesa. The exposition showcased more than 280 providers of goods and services.

EL CAJON, CA-The City Council has extended a deadline to the owners of a dilapidated hotel to raze the building. But The Cortez Motel will be coming down next month, be it by city wreckers or the motel's owners.

SAN DIEGO-Coffee will brew alongside coffee when a new Starbucks store opens on Newport Avenue at Bacon Street in Ocean Beach in the next couple of months. The Seattle-based coffee chain plans to fill a space once occupied by two coffee shops in the community, known as a counter-culture haven in the 1960s.