GASTONIA, NC-Preservation North Carolina envisions converting the former Firestone/Bridgestone property into apartments, offices and retail, crowned by a civic center, in this city of 60,000 residents.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Outdoors-loving developer forgoes $350-million in potential sales, choosing instead to sell fully entitled parcel to state officials in effort to save the region's dwindling number of mountain lions.

MINNEAPOLIS-GameWorks, Renaissance Hotel and Crown Theaters will anchor the massive entertainment complex.

SAN MATEO, CA-Formerly located in Redwood City, Calif., the nonprofit organization is moving to a former motorcycle dealership here. The Society has signed a 16-year lease on the East Fifth Avenue location.