SEATTLE-State authorities are mulling demolition of the heavily-used artery that visibly and audibly separates downtown from the waterfront.

PORTLAND-"I'm going fishing," quips developer Tom Moyer, whose 500,000-sf spec office and retail project is weeks away from opening and well on its way to being 98% leased.

SAN FRANCISCO- Shorenstein Co. is proposing office buildings for the last two undeveloped sites in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District

STEVENSON, WA-Commissioners of the 90% publicly-owned county in Southern Washington State voted this week to opt out of the Washington Growth Management Act again.

PORTLAND-After gathering more public input this month, a steering committee will translate general development goals into a plan that will be carried out starting this fall.

HAZEL DELL, WA-Some 540,000 square feet of retail, office and commercial space is being built or planned for in the city just north of Vancouver

AUBURN-The buyer, an auto parts company, pays $5.75 million for a seven-acre site that solves its upcoming displacement from downtown Seattle.

PORTLAND-The Portland Development Commission approved projects this week that will bring new housing and office space to Lents and the River District, and preserve low income housing in Southeast Portland.