EMERYVILLE, CA-The decision paves the way for other redevelopment projects on contaminated sites in urban core areas by validating the use of eminent domain in property acquisition and by allowing the city Superfund-style cleanup authority, according to an attorney representing Emeryville.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Unique Restaurant Corp. lasts less than a year, pulling out after a difference of opinion over how to run the restaurants owned by Loeks, which wanted a more casual atmosphere at the eateries.

PALO ALTO, CA-In early trading Wednesday, stock in Essex Property Trust was trading for $47.40 a share, off 4 cents from Wednesday's close. The price is about $12 above its 52-week low and about $10 below its 52-week high.

AUSTIN-Motorola contractors have started the tedious work of taking down an obsolete 100,000-sf wafer factory. By fall, the company plans to have converted the space into commercial use for the 2.5-million sf campus.