SAN DIEGO-Nielsen Dillingham Builders has begun construction of a $21 million expansion of Sharp Memorial Hospital. When finished, the five-story facility will house cancer care and other treatment centers.

ATLANTA-The New York Stock Exchange-traded company will be developing the 1,200-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Gastonia, NC, 15 miles east of Downtown Charlotte and 180 miles northeast of Downtown Atlanta.

ORLANDO-A new analysis by the Orlando office of Grubb & Ellis Co. shows sublease product at 14 area big-box bulk distribution properties has mushroomed to 3.2 million sf from one million sf in July. Developers have all but abandoned the spec market.

WASHINGTON, DC-The health research organization will build a 96,000-sf public affairs center in the 13th block of G Street NW.