SEATTLE-Bart Brynstad, most recently head of real estate for Opus Northwest, has joined Sacramento, CA-based Panattoni Development Company as partner and head of the company's new local office.

SAN FRANCISCO-The vote, pushed back from next week to mid-June, is for an amendment to the Port of San Francisco's development agreement with publicly traded Mills Corp. for the 1.1-million-sf redevelopment of Piers 27-31.

CHAPIN, SC-As part of the expansion, the privately held specialty graphics company also will move its manufacturing operations from Hillsborough, NC, to Chapin beginning in late 2004.

SALEM, OR-Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rises one-tenth of a percentage point in March but remains generally on a downward trend since peaking at 8.7% in July 2003.

HILLSBORO, OR-Bedford Property Investors of Lafayette, CA, pays $19.4 million for the two-building 126,809-sf office/R&D development, which is leased to long-term Merant Corp. and Sun Microsystems.

KNOXVILLE, TN-A joint venture of professional golfer Greg Norman's Great White Shark Enterprises and Macquarie Bank of Australia partner with Chattanooga businessman John Thornton to develop 1,450 acres of waterfront property southwest of Knoxville in Loudon County.

HAYWARD, CA-The property includes a 45,540-sf cross-docking facility, an 8,048-sf office building and a 9,600-sf shop building. FedEx will occupy the facility in January.

SEATTLE-The Seattle City Council approves a resolution that would defer decisions to designate the North Highline and West Hill areas as "Potential Annexation Areas" in Seattle's Comprehensive Plan.