Development

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Private developer Tim Strader Sr. and his partners win the planning commission's approval to build a 10-story office tower in Newport Beach. Under a new law, the project now also needs to win a public vote.

NEW YORK CITY-The first commercial real estate property to house its own onsite, privately-owned, co-generation facility will go up on the block between 57th and 58th Streets and 11th and 12th Avenues in Manhattan.

CHULA VISTA, CA-The Booming Otay Ranch area is getting another educational facility as district officials prepare to break the seal on the 60,000-sf Heritage Elementary School. The school includes nine single-story buildings and is slated for completion this month.

SAN DIEGO-A biotech research company is getting ready to move into two buildings totaling 97,500 sf later this year at Eastgate Pointe in the University Towne Centre area.

PALO ALTO-The senior-living affiliate of Hyatt Corp. plans to develop a continuing-care retirement community on 22.4 acres adjacent to the university campus.

FRAMINGHAM, MA-Genzyme Corp., a biotechnology and health care products company, plans to develop a 300,000-sf manufacturing plant here next to the company's existing campus. The plant is part of a company strategy to increase its manufacturing capacity.

HOUSTON-Myers & Crow is gearing up to break ground on two more buildings at its NorthBelt Office Center. The Dallas-based developer has bought about 10 acres for two more buildings, totaling 106,050 sf.

DENTON, TX-Years of waiting draw to a close as a Virginia-based developer kicks off an 80,000-sf build-to-suit project for a FEMA Processing Center. The 11 1/2-acre development upon completion in April 2002 brings a consolidation of two Denton sites.