PORTLAND-With its existing 115,000-sf lease expiring in just over 24 months, Automatic Data Processing, anchor of the 181,000-sf ADP Plaza office building in Downtown Portland for the past 15 years, is negotiating with its existing landlord and others to make sure it secures the best new lease deal possible.

PORTLAND-Meier & Frank's owner, publicly traded May Co., puts a stop to negotiations with the city regarding the renovation of its 650,000-sf, 16-story Downtown department store and administration building. The RFP for the estimated $80-million project was expected to draw interest from developers across the country.

PORTLAND-Publicly traded Mohawk Industries inks a five-year, $800,000 lease agreement at Swan Island Industry Center that will triple the size of the company's local operations, currently housed at the nearby Basin Street Business Park.

OLYMPIA-Opus Northwest, M.A. Mortensen, Landmark Organization and VIP International Corp. each submit proposals to develop a publicly owned conference center on one of three pieces of property, while a fourth proposal would put the facility in a decommissioned art deco ferry.

VANCOUVER, WA-A 300- to 350-room hotel will replace the riverfront Inn at the Quay and an overpass or underpass will move conference goers across the railroad tracks to the Esther Short Park area of Downtown Vancouver, where a $20-million conference center will be developed.

VANCOUVER, WA-The 36,000-sf shopping center on Mill Plain Boulevard is adjacent a 57-acre mixed-use project being developed by Opus Northwest. Markley is a Portland-based owner of retail and industrial properties in the Pacific Northwest.

PORTLAND-The proposal by the The Macke Co. of California would have paid Portland Public Schools $50 million for control of its headquarters building for 20 years if the school district signed a 20-year, $90-million leaseback agreement.

PORTLAND-Despite several retail chains closing stores in the market, other retailers are thriving and expanding and heretofore stalled projects are being revived, according to a third quarter report from Norris Beggs & Simpson that backs up a national report, which ranked Portland as one of the best retail markets in the country.