SACRAMENTO, CA-Construction on Oracle's second building is set to begin in June and Oracle will push the contractor with an aggressive 11-month schedule to meet the estimated May 2002 completion date.

AUSTIN-The puzzle pieces are falling in place for the blocks in and around the Austin Convention Center. Still, there's a way to go to match Sixth Street and the Warehouse District.

AURORA-The multifamily market continues to show amazing strength as the 364-unit Winridge Apartments at 2075 S. Paris Way sells for $24.7 million to a pension fund advisor representing an unnamed client.

BREMERTON, WA-While local officials have lobbied the state legislature in Olympia the past several years for 0.1% sales tax to fund emergency centers, no real concern was voiced until the earthquake that hit the Puget Sound region Feb. 28.