MIAMI-ABR Infocom's proposed 1.2 million-sf, $150-million ($125 per sf) Downtown telecommunications center has received a green light from the city's Urban Development Review Board. But a number of competing plans for a similar facility are still in the running to get into the ground first.

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.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Despite the state Legislature's approval, Gov. Gray Davis kills plan to help Tustin convert its closed military base into commercial and residential project.