VANCOUVER, WA-Commercial and retail developments would see the highest increase under the proposal. In some areas, their fees would jump from under around $10,000 to around $100,000. The first public hearing is tonight.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-Private group sews up purchase of 24,562-sf professional complex in Westlake Village.

GAITHERSBURG, MD-John Hancock Realty is selling the 103,685-sf office building for $12.9 million to Foulger Land LP in a deal negotiated by Cushman & Wakefield, a real estate services agency.

AUSTIN-XeTel Corp., headquartered in the state capital, is capping this year with a move into a 50,000-sf building in the Dallas suburb of Irving. A steadily increasing backlog - a sure sign of a hardy business - has prodded the firm into relocating into larger quarters.