VANCOUVER, WA-Local developers Ralph Smith and Richard Young are erecting the three-story, 22,500-sf University Plaza in the Salmon Creek neighborhood, next to Kaiser Permanente at 14508 NE 20th Ave.

KANSAS CITY, MO-Julie Roth joins downtown architectural firm.

SUPERIOR, CO-DelWest Holdings heads to Superior to build an 80-unit, low-density townhouse community. About 15 acres of the 35-acre site will include complementary support projects such as assisted living and day care.

PALO ALTO, CA-Stanford West is a bastion of affordable housing in an area where there is precious little. Some one-bedroom apartments rent for as little as $794 a month, but range as high as $1,930 depending on the renter's income and job classification.