OCEANSIDE, CA-The planning commission approves site plans for a $1 billion project by a company that will become the city's largest private employer. The long-range plan calls for 14 office and industrial structures on a 60-acre site.

HICKORY, NC-Site preparation has begun on CommScope Inc.'s new 80,000-sf headquarters here, about 50 miles northwest of Charlotte. The fiber-optic company's total manufacturing and distribution space is more than one million sf.

PORTLAND-With $10 million and five years, the city can cap two-and-a-half blocks of Interstate 405 from Alder to Taylor Streets, according to a study released Wednesday by Mayor Vera Katz's "I-405 strategy team.

HOUSTON-TCP Renaissance Partners, an affiliate of TCP Holdings LLC, is renovating the 13-story office building at 1801 Main St. Work on the new facade of silver and reflective green glass will wrap up this fall.