ISSAQUAH, WA-Despite a dim economy, JPI Development has snapped up a 247-unit apartment complex here for $8.6 million, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The site is located on 627 acres of the Talus Master Planned Community.

AUSTIN-The US unit of Hong Kong-based ASAT Holdings launches a 4,000-sf chip testing center in the 202,500-sf Barton Creek Plaza in Austin's south submarket. The division gets to neighbor with one of its primary clients in the region.

PORTLAND-The Suburban vacancy rate, meanwhile, is at 16.1%, reports Cushman & Wakefield's Portland office, and managing director Terry Shanley says both CBD and Suburban vacancies likely will rise further before they begin falling again.

SAN DIEGO-Construction and engineering firms have completed work on phases of hotel projects in the Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla. Combined, the hotel projects total $58.6 million.