AURORA, IL-The City Council turns on the financial green light for the first phase of the huge $450-million RiverCity convention and sports arena development. A construction contract worth as much as $100 million will be awarded sometime this winter, with ground breaking expected next summer.

SEATAC, WA-An eight-year battle by the Port of Seattle to build a third runway at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was handed another setback yesterday by the Department of Ecology.

RICHARDSON, TX-Chicago-based realty investment group, RREEF, is taking control of the 85,349-sf Woodcreek Plaza in the Telecom Corridor. The four-story structure offers space for smaller office tenants in a submarket where large-space tenants are the norm.