SAN FRANCISCO-One month after lining up all the necessary approvals and funding, soil was ceremoniously churned last week for a 13-story residential-over-retail complex at the corner of Fillmore and Eddy in this city's historic jazz district.

SAN FRANCISCO-One month after lining up all the necessary approvals and funding, soil was ceremoniously churned last week for a 13-story residential-over-retail complex at the corner of Fillmore and Eddy in this city's historic jazz district.

TORONTO-A group of investors including BPO Properties Ltd., the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Arca Investments, acquires all the issued and outstanding common shares of O&Y Properties for C$12.72 per share in cash, and expects to acquire all limited voting units of O&Y REIT by the end of next month.

TORONTO-A group of investors including BPO Properties Ltd., the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Arca Investments, acquires all the issued and outstanding common shares of O&Y Properties for C$12.72 per share in cash, and expects to acquire all limited voting units of O&Y REIT by the end of next month.

PORTLAND-Nearly two years after receiving an extension to its development agreement with the city, developers Eric Wentland and Jeana Woolley ceremoniously started work on the 18,000-sf, two-story building in Northeast Portland, which will be renovated and expanded into 30,000 sf of commercial and office space.

ISSAQUAH, WA-Having recently completed the $397-million liquidation of Consolidated Freightways' real estate assets, William Vipond Jr. can now focus on his new venture, a new real estate services firm that wants auctions to become a big part of its business model.

PITTSBURGH, PA-The clothing retailer acquires an existing 186,000-sf building and adjacent land in the SouthSide Works redevelopment here for $21 million, but will hold onto its existing headquarters location in Warrendale, PA, which it will expand and covert into a technology, logistics and distribution center.

SEATTLE-The two developments have a combined 1.2 million sf of office and retail space. The new owner is Walton Street Capital of Chicago.