LOS ANGELES-Bay Area attorneys sign $15-million lease at Wells Fargo Center, providing an important boost for the CBD's beleaguered office market.

SAN DIEGO-The company, which makes products from seaweed, leases 18,472 sf of R&D space for nearly $2.4 million.

GASTONIA, NC-Bureaucrats think they can revitalize private investment interest in this city's commercial side by first relocating government offices to the central business district. The plan would be to buy York Chester Square, a 140,000-sf downtown shopping center, for $3.5 million or $24.30 per sf.

LINCOLNTON, NC-General Shoelace plans a two-phased, 72,000-sf expansion that will add 70 new jobs to the 190-worker payroll. American Licensed Products Inc. expects to add 100 new jobs by year end.