PORTLAND-The competition for Portland commercial real estate information just got a lot stiffer, but the local chapter of the Commercial Association of Realtors says it's ready to stand its ground.

LOS ANGELES, CA-The bankrupt software developer files a motion to reject three of its leases with the REIT for buildings in the San Diego area.

WATERTOWN, MA-A deal is finally reached between Harvard University and the town over the Cambridge-based school's purchase of the Arsenal on the Charles, a 30-acre commercial office center. The town was furious when the university acquired the site because it was counting on the tax dollars.

RANCHO SANTA FE, CA-The locally based bank holding company signs a definitive agreement and plan of merger to purchase Bank of Coronado's outstanding common stock. The transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2003, follows on the heels of three other recent bank acquisitions by First Community Bancorp.