PORTLAND-The City Council here delays an emergency moratorium in Northwest Portland to prevent more telco hotels from popping up along the city's new streetcar line, but will take up the issue again in January.

MINNEAPOLIS-Gabrielle Clark, the real estate firm's new president, to focus on development and planning issues.

SAN DIEGO-San Jose-based Calpine acquires the rights to build the 500-megawatt Otay Mesa Generating Project, the first major power plant in the county in three decades.

OREGON CITY, OR-The Emmert/Brundidge problem began in April 1999 when developers Terry Emmert and Darren Brundidge appealed the city's initial assessment of $829,826 in transportation fees with regard to two of the company's retail developments.