VANCOUVER, WA-The non-profit Southwest Washington Medical Center puts its 287,000-sf expansion and remodel into the hands of Hoffman Construction Co., which has an impressive resume of related work, including Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

PORTLAND-City council are reportedly leaning toward preserving the 1,600-acre Guild Lake Industrial District, which means continuing to deny warehouse retailers access to the area.

PORTLAND, OR- IREM Oregon Chapter is one of a network of 87 local chapters nationwide. In the Oregon Chapter President role for next year is Alixandra F. Brevig, senior asset manager for Norris Beggs & Simpson.

PORTLAND-AND 1, a seven-year-old basketball footwear and apparel company, signs a five-year lease for an industrial building at Southeast 7th Avenue and Ankeney Street that John Kellogg and Thad Fisco picked up 12 months ago for $275,000.

PORTLAND-Locally based Capital Consultants, accused of hiding $300 million in failed investments, was handed over to a court-appointed receiver last fall following charges by the US Dept. of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PORTLAND-AND 1, a seven-year-old basketball footwear and apparel company, signs a five-year lease for an industrial building at Southeast 7th Avenue and Ankeney Street that Jon Kellogg and Thad Fisco picked up 12 months ago for $275,000.

HILLSBORO, OR-The Japanese firm's local senior vice president tells GlobeSt.com he will soon select a broker to market two 10-acre parcels it still owns here, one of which holds the company's 50,000-sf manufacturing plant.

PORTLAND, OR-Schnitzer Investment Corp. reveals the price of its 103,000-sf purchase last week and confirms Dave Evans & Assoc. will lease much of the building, relieving an Enron subsidiary of a sublease agreement it no longer wanted.