SPOKANE, WA-Newport Northwest LLC, an affiliate of Newport Generation Inc., plans to joint venture with Cogentrix Energy and Avista Power to build the largest of three gas plants in the area.

SAN JOSE, CA-A new director of leasing and two new reps are hired for the Rockville, MD-based REIT's master planned mixed-use community scheduled to open here in mid-2002 with 680,000 sf of shops and restaurants.

ORLANDO-American Access Technologies Inc. of suburban Lake Mary, FL and Farmingdale, NY-based DataWorld Solutions Inc. expect to grow their telecom supply markets more efficiently but no major management changes are on deck. The value of the planned deal wasn't disclosed.

BOCA RATON, FL-The National Council on Compensation Insurance Holdings Inc. is moving into a $52.5 million, 310,00-sf, three-story office structure jointly developed by Coral Gables, FL-based Codina Group and Orlando-based St. Joe Commercial. Boca Raton is 42 miles north of Miami.