YUMA-An apartment complex in this southwestern Arizona city has been purchased for $14 million, making it one of the largest real estate transactions of the year for Yuma, which has 71,000 residents.

CARLSBAD, CA-Mexican food chain is expanding into new markets with franchise and development agreements.

FREMONT, CA-Cisco inks several deals, including a 3.4 million-sf office space in Fremont and more than 500,000-sf in Dublin and Pleasanton, bringing the networking giant closer to the East Bay.

HOUSTON-The dirt's flying on a 100-acre tract that Richfield Investments had bought last year for $50 million. Plans call for a large-scale retail center and possibly a hotel or office tower... or both.