SAN JOSE-The Palo Alto-based apartment owner and manager says it is under contract to pick up 200 units in two adjacent complexes here; in June, the company bought the 526-unit Mountain Vista apartment complex in Fremont, Calif.

PLEASANTON, CA-The City Council here approves 745,000 sf of offices and 120 acres of homes on land owned by the city of San Francisco.

SAN JOSE, CA-Santa Clara County officials are alleging that a plan to extend San Jose's downtown redevelopment district benefits private business interests and harms county social service and health programs.

OAKLAND, CA-With the help of the Black Chamber of Commerce, two entrepreneurs plan an October opening for the Oakland Millennium Village retail complex in the J.J. Newberry building

OAKLAND, CA-An Alameda County jury says the soon-to-be-former owners of the downtown Bermuda Building are owed $3.5 million by the city, which seized the sorry site in 1998, claiming the building had negative value

SAN FRANCISCO-The new international terminal at San Francisco International Airport has run $175 million beyond its budget, and costs keep rising as the airport compensates businesses for construction-related losses.

SAN FRANCISCO-The University of California is also building a second campus across town at Mission Bay, near San Francisco's waterfront and the new Pacific Bell Park

DUBLIN, CA-Software giant Cisco Systems has the green light to begin exclusive negotiations on a 35-acre Alameda County surplus parcel here.