DUBLIN, CA-Local officials approve a mixed-used project about twice as dense as most others in the area.

CARLSBAD, CA--Private group pays $2.6 million for parcel in Carlsbad Research Center and readies construction of speculative office building.<p>

SUGAR LAND, TX--Wide open plains thing of the past with recent acquisition of about 160 acres and 223,000-sf closed factory.

PORTLAND, OR-Rim Corp. has made unsuccessful advances for the hotel in the past. All told, there have been four offers on the property in the past 18 months.