RENTON, WA-The 65,822-sf property at 550 SW 7th St. last changed hands in 1995 for $3.3 million. Now the Puget Sound Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Trust has acquired it for $4.95 million for use as a training facility.

SAN DIEGO-An Orange County judge last week refused to throw out a record $94-million verdict against the city in a breach-of-contract case filed by a commercial developer.

SAN DIEGO-Work completed on first phase of local headquarters for Vayusphere, a wireless communication developer. The $1.8-million facility is located at Pacific Corporate Center in Sorrento Mesa.

AUSTIN-USAA has hawked its Marriott at the Capitol after 15 years of ownership. Buyer Lend Lease Investments nor seller are talking price, but the 365-room hotel is appraised at $35.3 million. The buy is Lend Lease's second in the state capital.