LAKE OSWEGO, OR-The commercial real estate financier is now owned by Cohen Financial of Chicago, which is in the same business and in the midst of a national expansion

ORLANDO-Construction of the five-story, $18 million spec office project starts Oct. 1 at CenterPointe on the Park, a 55-acre, mixed-use development in Altamonte Springs, an Orlando suburb. But the $45 million, 11-story hotel/health complex seeks a joint venture development partner and a hotel operator to join the Emerson team before turning dirt.

SAN DIEGO-The civil liberties group says since Scouts discriminate against gays, they can't enjoy benefits of generous city leases.

CHARLOTTE-A German chemical company is combing the Charlotte area to find a site for a $20 million plant that would employ about 100 people.