TACOMA, WA-Developers Bob Hollister and Gary Bodenstab purchased the 95-year old building in 1997 with plans to develop high-tech office space. A few turns of fate later, the Perkins Building emerges with a mix of commercial and residential space.

AUSTIN-St. David's HealthCare Partnership fires up a second project round, taking the overall expansion to $200 million for its 10-county Central Texas service area. The three-year work schedule boosts ER space 40%, in-patient, 20% and outpatient, 50% to 60%.

ORLANDO-Bob Pool, a former Clermont city councilman, told Arlington, VA-based Alcalde & Fay to start lobbying efforts in Washington for a $5 million study of a proposed four-lane, 35-mile toll road from Sumter to Orange Counties that some area planners estimate would cost $800 million. County commissioners killed Pool's request Tuesday in a quick 4-1 vote.

SAN DIEGO-Longs Drug Stores and KinderCare Learning Centers have snatched up two spaces in the Winchester Meadows Shopping Center. Combined, the deals are valued at $1.87 million.