BEVERLY, MA-A year after it scraps plans to develop a six-story office tower here in the Cummings Center, Cummings Properties Inc. decides to try again but this time in the Elliot Street complex of the Cummings Center.

SAN MATEO, CA-A dilapidated forensics lab is being replaced with a state-of-the-art, the $17-million facility that San Mateo officials say will serve as a future model for forensics in the region.

DALLAS-Economic changes force "dollars and sense" decisions from companies looking for more space and a growing proclivity to tailor structures. As spec construction shrinks, build-to-suits swell in popularity, particularly for large users.

SAN DIEGO-A local college has closed escrow on the $8.5 million purchase of more than 38 acres of land in Otay Mesa. The purchase is part of the expansion of the college funded by the voters last November.