TORRANCE, CA-The hospital calls the 95,000-sf office tower a critical step in the $200-million master plan to renovate and expand the 24-acre, 387-bed medical center at 3330 Lomita Blvd. All work should be completed in March 2004.

PHILADELPHIA-Completion of the department store adds 11.8% GLA, taking the 16-year-old shopping center on 42.3 acres in Doylestown, PA, to 238,250 sf.

FOSTER CITY, CA-The California Teachers Association takes 20,055 sf on Hatch Drive in a 37,000-sf building that has been vacant for two years and Formation Inc. takes 10,300 sf in Metro Tower, the waterfront city's most prestigious building.

PORTLAND-The nonprofit tax credit syndicator says it will provide $15 million in equity over the next several weeks for four more affordable housing projects throughout the Northwest. The 10-year-old corporation just launched its 11th fund.