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.

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.

SEATTLE-A five-story, 75-unit residential-over-retail development is planned for Northeast 65th Street between Roosevelt Way Northeast and 12th Avenue Northeast. An early design guidance meeting is scheduled for next week.