PORTLAND-One of the city's larger employers receives tentative approval to build a 2.2-acre wind tunnel research lab that will have one end hanging out over Swan Island Lagoon in North Portland.

PHOENIX-A near $5.7-million sale in Glendale goes for more than the norm. Location and condition of the 15-year-old complex were key, but so were market conditions. Low interest rates and fewer developable sites fuel an ongoing hustle and bustle.

DENVER-The Downtown Denver Business Improvement District's budget will jump 56% over the next two years as maintenance services are expanded in a 120-block area. Owners and leaseholders approve the increase by a wide margin.

PONTIAC, MI-The 130,00-sf facility to be built on the former site of a Quality Inn Hotel will provide Pontiac residents and others an opportunity to obtain needed, affordable health care, according to lameduck Mayor Walter Moore.