ATLANTA-Less than a year after opening its second online grocery market, Webvan Group Inc. of Foster City, CA closed its doors Thursday, laying off 485 employees and walking away from leased space valued at more than $3.1 million a year.

IRVINE, CA-Practitioners from the brokerage and technology communities say the well has dried up on venture capital for technology companies, but the current real estate cycle should be shorter than usual.

VISTA, CA-Another biotech company is moving or expanding to the North County, with American Peptide taking 34,415 sf in the Park Place

More than 60% of all lettings involved either pre-lettings or lettings during construction, against just 17% in the final quarter of 2000 according to new research from CB Hillier Parker.