PORTLAND-With $10 million and five years, the city can cap two-and-a-half blocks of Interstate 405 from Alder to Taylor Streets, according to a study released Wednesday by Mayor Vera Katz's "I-405 strategy team.

FOREST GROVE, OR-The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is studying the viability of a multi-use conference center at the nearby recreational playground, which attracts more than 20,000 people on sunny summer days.

SAN FRANCISCO-With talks between a Cleveland developer and a local nonprofit going nowhere, voters could decide the issue via a non-binding measure on the Nov. 7 ballot.

RIDGEFIELD, WA-The result will be a master plan for directing expansion of the port's two industrial park sites, the 100-acre Ridgefield Junction Industrial Park and the 40-acre Lake River site.

VANCOUVER, WA-With construction of the 137-unit project almost complete and 115 units yet to be sold, developer Al Angelo Co. is switching the listing from Windermere Real Estate to Coldwell Banker Barbara Sue Seal.

SAN LEANDRO, CA-If the real estate transfer tax is repealed, city staff here says it will have to close one fire station, eliminate nine police officers, cut library hours and close three neighborhood parks, among other cutbacks.

VANCOUVER, WA-Padden Center North and South, a proposed 66-acre project intersected by 88th Street, would be home to nearly 500,000-sf of commercial space, including a Costco-like retailer and a home improvement store.

FOSTER CITY, CA.-The Internet infrastructure software maker buys the building in which it is the main tenant from Legacy Partners Commercial Inc. to lower its building costs and show that it's here to stay.