SEATTLE-On behalf of the owner, Gordon Fleener Architects is seeking permits to upgrade Carter Saab and Carter Volkswagen, which are located across from each other on Leary Way in Ballard. Plans for both projects include the first "vertical showrooms" in the Seattle area.

VANCOUVER, WA-T/A Associates Realty sells The Cove at Fisher's Landing apartment complex to Equity Residential. The property, built in 1993, sold for $70,355 per unit. One broker on the deal describes Vancouver as "one of the healthiest multifamily markets in the country.

PORTLAND-The 3,100-sf prototype store, conceived by Ziba Design, will be its first in the burgeoning Pearl District and the first to feature the Bank's next evolution in store design, including Internet access and a postal center.

PASCO, WA-Two apartment complexes here that were developed in the late 1970s have been acquired by GSL Sunset Investors LLC for a combined price of $4.07 million, according to the Franklin County Assessors Office. The properties were 95% leased at the time of sale.

HILLSBORO, OR-Continental Real Estate of Columbus, Ohio ties up the undeveloped property, which has been slated for a 420,000-sf mall since 1999. Federal Realty Investment Trust abandoned the project this May. Continental now wants to make a run at it.

PORTLAND-Reacting to concern from city officials and neighborhood groups, Portland Public School officials agree to reconsider the process for selling off several dozen acres of parks and sports fields to help make up budget shortfalls.

GRESHAM, OR-The Gresham City Council this week approves a $17.3 million tax break for Arizona-based Microchip Technology, which has agreed to pay $183.5 million for Fujitsu's idled 200-acre chip plant here, and Fujitsu says it will exercise its option for an accelerated closing that would seal the deal by the end of the month.

PORTLAND-Reacting to concern from city officials and neighborhood groups, Portland Public School officials agree to reconsider the process for selling off several dozen acres of parks and sports fields to help make up budget shortfalls.