POWAY, CA-Despite objections from the project's future neighbors, city leaders here have given the nod to Hillside Village, a 71-unit affordable housing apartment complex at Community Road and Civic Center Drive.

ENCINITAS, CA-Hazard Construction Co. is underway at the future site of The Plaza at Encinitas Ranch, a 117,000-sf shopping center slated to open in this seaside community in January.

SAN DIEGO-The local architecture and planning firm Tucker Sadler & Associates Inc., one of San Diego's largest and oldest architecture and design companies, has a new name, a new president and a new chief executive.

SAN DIEGO-A 31,401-sf medical office building in Kearny Mesa's hot office market changes hands in a deal valued at $4.58 million. The buyers were Velimir and Ljubinka Petakovich, as individual investors and trustees of a family trust.

SAN DIEGO-Manchester Resorts plans to break ground by the end of the month on a $140 million expansion of the Hyatt Regency Hotel near the downtown Convention Center.

SAN DIEGO-A special election is being held today to replace former San Diego City Councilwoman Valerie Stallings, who resigned amid financial controversies surrounding the proposed Downtown ballpark.

SAN DIEGO-Keeton Construction is in the ground for an 88,000-sf flex project in the Rancho California Business Park in Temecula capable of handling everything from office to warehousing.

SAN DIEGO-Shareholders will vote Aug. 9 on the merger of Excel Legacy Corp. and Price Enterprises Inc. Meanwhile, the companies announce a $100 million investment by Warburg Pincus in the combined operation.