OAKLAND, CA-The office REIT acquires a 200,000-sf building and a 2.5-acre development site near Lake Merritt from a fund managed by CB Richard Ellis Investors Inc.

SAN LEANDRO, CA-The development is San Leandro's biggest employer, and its largest source of sales-tax revenue, which is why the city has been taking an active role in its redevelopment

REDWOOD SHORES, CA-Listing agent Cornish & Carey has preleased 101,000-sf to law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges; no other deals are close.

OAKLAND, CA-The telecommunications company expects to complete the second of four buildings by late September; city bean counters are more likely interested in when it will go public

REDWOOD CITY, CA-BuildPoint Corp. gives up a minority equity position to RMC Group PLC, a construction materials and services supplier best known as the world's largest producer of ready-mixed concrete.

MILPITAS, CA-City council officials have voted to give conditional approval for construction of a $20 million store at the Great Mall of the Bay Area.

OAKLAND, CA-If San Francisco-based MimEcom.com finalizes a 95,000-sf lease for expansion space at 1945 Broadway, it will be the first commercial tenant in the six-story building, which is currently owned by Sears

DUBLIN, CA-Software giant Sybase is building a massive complex here, but it is not alone; several high-tech companies are relocating here, and the city has a couple of thousand acres set aside to handle the boom