VANCOUVER, WA-In an effort to win five years worth of steel work for the $2.9-billion replacement of the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, four area companies join forces and select the Port of Vancouver as their would-be assembly plant.
MOSCOW-The Nikos Group selects the Jerde Partnership of Los Angeles to turn a 13-acre site here into a massive mixed-use complex with retail, entertainment and office space around a central public plaza.
REDMOND, WA-The nonprofit Downtown Action To Save Housing acquires the 190-unit property here for $17.6 million in the largest apartment transaction the Eastside has seen since the start of the year.
SACRAMENTO, CA-Adding to a laundry list of environmentally friendly components for its $250-million headquarters expansion here, the California Public Employees' Retirement System says it plans to have its furniture made with recycled polyurethane foam.
JONESBORO, AR-In a consolidation, the manufacturer of value-added products and systems for the automotive market sells the 34-acre property for $4.2 million to a growing local manufacturer of conveyor systems.
MILWAUKIE, OR-The locally based milling and whole grain distribution company inks a lease for about 65,000 sf here, near its manufacturing facility and retail outlet.
UNION CITY, CA-The locally based supplier of produce packaging pays $5.8 million for a 13-acre property here that holds a 70,000-sf manufacturing warehouse that will meet immediate expansion needs.
ISSAQUAH, WA-The Seattle-based healthcare provider wants to spend between $16 million and $20 million to transform a 55,000-sf building along the I-90 corridor in Issaquah into a freestanding emergency room.
KANSAS CITY, MO-Midwest Diversified Properties Corp. acquires the Ethans Apartments here from Equity Residential. The deal included tax-exempt bond financing.
LAS VEGAS-Publicly traded MTR Gaming Group Inc. acquires the Binion's Horseshoe Hotel & Casino Downtown and enters an operating agreement with an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment.