ORLANDO-After nine months of talks with residents and planners, Orange County commissioners are allowing Campus Crusade for Christ to develop an estimated $1-billion commercial venture.

HOUSTON-Neuhaus Investment wants its tenants in hand before starting work on a 20,000-sf professional building near Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital. The professional building will be adjacent to the developer's 30,000-sf Fallbrook Crossing development.

SALEM, OR-The 30-year-old mall is repositioning itself with a $10-million renovation that is attracting several national retailers, including Old Navy, Best Buy, T.G.I. Friday's, Starbucks and Anchor Blue. Sears, the anchor department store, is also planning an expansion.

SILVER SPRINGS, MD-Construction has begun Downtown on a half million sf high-tech office complex that will house almost 2,000 employees and be headquarters for the cable television management firm.