SAN JOSE-Real Estate Northern California, slated for an October launch, will keep tabs on commercial real estate in one of the nation's hottest markets.

SAN JOSE, CA-Developer Spieker Properties Inc. is building an eight-story tower at Skyport Plaza near the San Jose Airport, its third office building in the new complex.

DUBLIN, CA-With one pricey Redwood City address already under its belt, software developer Macromedia inks a deal for another property on Silicon Valley's edge.

SAN JOSE, CA-Rapid5, a tech firm providing converged Internet and telephone products, has signed a five-year lease on permanent headquarters.

FREMONT, CA-Asyst Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech firm, has closed on the purchase of a 27-acre parcel slated to house its 1,000 employees.

SAN RAMON, CA-Sunnyvale Village Associates refinances the Sunnyvale Financial Center and Duane LLC completes a take-out of its construction loan for the Duane Telecommunications Building in Santa Clara.

SAN FRANCISCO - The exodus has hit one San Francisco building particularly hard -- the Bank of America building at 555 California St.

SAN JOSE, CA-A new 225,000-sf Nordstrom store should be done by spring 2001, while the existing Nordstrom is being reconfigured into mall shops for a spring 2002 opening.