SALEM, OR-Oregon's seasonally adjusted payroll employment rose to 1.62 million, its highest level ever. The previous record of 1.61 million was set in November 2000.

SAN FRANCISCO-Sperry Van Ness gains another affiliate in the San Francisco Bay area by locking arms with David Warden's retail investment brokerage company, Windward Commercial.

SEATTLE-The Seattle Green Roof Evaluation Project green roofs are being installed on four different privately owned Downtown buildings here as part of an effort to quantify their effectiveness in reducing storm water runoff in the region.

SEATTLE-The Seattle Green Roof Evaluation Project Green roofs are being installed on four different privately owned Downtown buildings here as part of an effort to quantify their effectiveness in reducing storm water runoff in the region.

UNION CITY, CA-In separate transactions here, a plumbing supply company pays $5.3 million for a 61,700-sf building built in 1978 and a wholesaler of surplus computer hardware products pays $2.6 million for a 24,000-sf building built in 2004.

HONOLULU-Robertson Properties Group of Los Angeles is finding plenty of tenant interest here for its redevelopment of a former three-building theater property on Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu's popular tourist destination and retail district.

PORTLAND, OR-With construction now under way for the Strand Condominiums, the city's urban renewal agency is turning its attention to one of the two last remaining parcels in RiverPlace, a 1.1-acre riverfront site that could hold as much as 326,000 sf of built space. A request for proposals from developers should be issued this month.

SEATTLE-The 178,000-sf, eight-story building built in 1907 is 75% leased to 43 tenants. It sits on one half of a block and is designed to hold an additional several floors. Local sources tell GlobeSt.com the well-located building should trade in the low $20-million range.