OAKLAND, CA-The high-end furniture maker is taking its space at AMB Property Corp.'s Edgewater Industrial Center, directly across Interstate 880 from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Another 48,000 sf in the building remains available.
PORTLAND-The tech-heavy Sunset Corridor saw vacancy rates jump from 8.0% to 14.1% in the first quarter as 180,000 sf of new space was delivered to a market that already had 500,000 sf available, according to the latest report from Grubb & Ellis.
MILWAUKIE, OR-GE Capital Corp., which acquired the 32,904-sf, 20-year-old building in the Freeman Industrial Park as part of its purchase of the J.C. Penney Credit Card portfolio in late 1999, is consolidating call center services elsewhere.
CAMAS, WA-With its existing 1-million-sf facility running with plenty of excess capacity for the time being, the contract semiconductor chip manufacturer says it is laying off 25% of its workforce and shelving plans for a new facility on its Camas campus.
HILLSBORO, OR-Oregon Pacific Investment and Development Co. is preparing for a future commercial development just under 19 acres near Cornelius Pass Road and Highway 26. The type and timing of the buildings will depend on demand.
VANCOUVER, WA-The Port of Vancouver detailed plans this week for adding 1,094 acres to its industrial inventory, which currently stands at 807 acres, according to a study by the Columbia River Economic Development Council.
SACRAMENTO-A bill approved by the California Assembly this week requires local jurisdictions to speed up their final review of a power plant proposal. It also allows power plant owners to pay mitigation fees for pollution when pollution credits are not available.
BETHANY, OR-The new West Parc development will include 120,000 sf of new office space, 820 apartments, a 50-patient Alzheimer care home and a fitness center. The first apartments are expected to open next spring.
SAN JOSE-The networking giant is suspending construction of an 8,000-worker campus in Alviso and not starting on a 10,000-worker industrial park in Fremont, but will continue preliminary work on a 20,000-worker campus in San Jose's Coyote Valley.
BEND, OR-Following an independent third party evaluation of competing tender offers for the ski resort, Mt. Bachelor's board of directors is now recommending the higher offer that didn't win the first time around.