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MIAMI-Harper, a Coral Gables, FL-based architecture firm that grossed $8.9 million last year, has acquired the 20-person Donahue & Co. design firm of Boca Raton, FL for an undisclosed amount.

SAN JOSE-The City of San Jose broke ground this week on a new 555,000-sf City Hall. The 18-story tower designed by award-winning architect Richard Meier will be ready for occupancy in 2005.

PORTLAND-The 3,100-sf prototype store, conceived by Ziba Design, will be its first in the burgeoning Pearl District and the first to feature the Bank's next evolution in store design, including Internet access and a postal center.

NEW YORK CITY-Conceding critics' appraisals of its first efforts at a Downtown land-use plan as "mundane, boring and pedestrian," the LMDC is starting from scratch with a global search for five design teams that will deliver some sizzle along with the steak.

NEW YORK CITY-The agency charged with overseeing the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan, stung by the harsh reception of its first efforts, goes back to square one with an RFQ for five new planning teams and a laundry list of new design goals.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-DFD CornoyerHedrick takes the grand prize from a field of 430 entries in the 39th annual Gold Nugget Competition. The local firm wins with its Scottsdale's Galleria Corporate Centre makeover.

SAN DIEGO, CA-The locally based contractor is renovating a 12-year-old condominium complex owned by Terra Vista I HOA c/o Preferred Property Management. Residents will remain in their condos during the rehab, which is slated for a March 2003 completion.

SEATTLE-Both grocers have been planning development projects that put their grocery store beneath an apartment building. Thriftway now says it will delay its project in the Queen Anne neighborhood for two years while QFC continues to seek approval for its project in the Wallingford neighborhood.