"Our negotiations haven't gotten us to where we want to be -- price-wise and in terms of exactly we would like to be on the property," Facilities Administrator Michael C. Maloney tells GlobeSt.com Friday morning. "They have a little over 100 acres and we are looking for 18 of it ... for an elementary school, a middle school or a combination of the two (K-8)."

Much easier went the $4.99-million acquisition of Yamamoto Manufacturing USA's 14-acre site in the 1200 block of Northwest 167th Place, south of Cornell Road. The poroperty, which Michaels says includes a 45,000-sf warehouse building with 5,000-sf of office space, appraised out at more than $6 million and was listed for $7 million. The site will be a maintenance facility for some 250 buses and also provide warehousing space for other district purposes.

Yamamoto, a circuit board manufacturer, closed its Beaverton location last year and consolidated the workers into the firm's U.S. headquarters in San Jose, CA. Norris Beggs & Simpson senior vice president Jack McConnell and senior marketing guy Isaac Quintero represented Yamamoto. Nick Gantman, a principal at Macadam Forbes, represented the school district.