SAN FRANCISCO-Bidcom Inc. and Cephren Inc. are becoming Citadon Inc. The synergies between the two companies' products, assets, operating expenses and target markets were such that "it made tremendous business sense for us to merge," says Bidcom CEO Doug Sabella, who will become CEO of Citadon.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO- The Houston-based developer plans to unload properties in South San Francisco located at 701, 650 and 901 Gateway. The properties were developed in 1995. The sale is expected to bring in up to $130 million.

BELLEVUE, WA-The $40 million project by Houston-based Hines will feature a raised floor system, which will cost about $4 a sf to create but make heating, cooling, electrical and communications easier to configure and reconfigure, as compared to running utilities in walls and ceilings.

ARLINGTON, VA-The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association plans to break ground soon on an 11-story office building in Arlington. Work on the 235,000-sf project, dubbed the Ellipse, is scheduled for the end of the first quarter in 2001.