SAN DIEGO-Energy costs are leaving the fast-food chain in a pickle, but Jack in the Box Inc. is reporting record earnings and continuing its rapid national expansion, having opened 26 stores in its second fiscal quarter.

SAN DIEGO-For broadband Internet service at two of its office buildings here, StepStone Real Estate Services is going with IntelliSpace, a major national provider. The decision affects more than 100 tenants at Symphony Towers and 8899 University Center Lane.

SAN DIEGO-One of California's largest law firms, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has leased 14,000-sf space in Del Mar Heights for its second local office and its fifth statewide.

SAN DIEGO-The locally based operater of warehouse retail stores in Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia opened its first PriceSmart warehouse store in the U.S. Virgin Islands over the weekend, one of three warehouses the publicly traded company is set to open in the coming weeks.

CARLSBAD, CA-With construction almost complete after seven months of work, six of the nine buildings that comprise the 102,000-sf development have been tied up, according to Colliers International, which is leasing the space on behalf of developer Pacific Carlsbad Partners.

SAN DIEGO-After just two years developing office projects in North San Diego County, Kilroy Realty Corp. has passed the symbolic one-million-sf mark, and isn't slowing down a bit. Ground will break soon in Del Mar and Sorrento Mesa.

CARLSBAD, CA-The first retail project to be developed in the vicinity of the Carlsbad Research Center is nearly fully leased as retailers rush to be near the area's job clusters. Developer Lichter Venture Group is marketing the last two spaces in the Caribbean-themed center.

SAN MARCOS, CA-The retailer has nearly tripled its space in the Los Vallecitos commercial area of this North County community, adding an additional 22,789 sf of warehouse and showroom space.