OLYMPIA, WA-State Sen. Harold Hochstatter, R-Moses Lake, and property owner Bill Pickell have filed a lawsuit against the Ecology Department with the goal of stopping the rules before they can be enforced.

NEW YORK CITY-Energy giant decides to sell 9.2 acres along First Avenue. Residential and commercial develoment opportunities open up as a result.

OAKLAND, CA-The property along Mandela Parkway has been boarded up since 1989, when Nestle Corp. bought the ice cream manufacturer operating out of the building there and consolidated its operations.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA-Taico Properties plans to build 11 concrete tilt-up industrial buildings on land it purchased in the Talega Business Park. Construction will begin in January. This is just the first of many developments planned for the area.<p>