CHEROKEE, NC-The expansion agreement for Harrah's Cherokee Casino was signed in Raleigh by Gov. Jim Hunt and Cherokee Chief Leon Jones. The US Department of Interior still has to approve the deal.

CLATSKANIE, WA-Backed by Fagen Inc., a Granite Falls, MN-based builder of ethanol plants, Cascade Grain Products LLC is planning to build just north of here the largest such facility on the West Coast.

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.