PORTLAND-Businesses cut some 800 workers this past month, pushing the jobless rate up two percentage points to 4.5%. The biggest cuts came from the manufacturing sector.

WILSONVILLE, OR-The winner will have approval to put up thousands of units of housing as well as office and retail space on the former Dammasch State Hospital in a semi-rural area at the west end of the city. It is one of the largest redevelopment sites in the region.

PORTLAND-Right on queue, a fourth document is out on how to finish developing the 37-acre area between this city's 24-hour downtown and its eastside office and retail center, the Lloyd District.

PORTLAND-The 25-year-old historic special assessment program freezes the assessed (taxable) value of a property for15 years as an incentive to maintain the historic nature of the structure.

PORTLAND-With the help of two New York-based investment banking firms--Castle Harlan Inc. and Bruckman, Rosser, Sherrill and Co. Inc.--the longtime duo paid $123.5 million for the McCormick & Schmick restaurant chain, which has more than doubled in size.

VANCOUVER, B.C.-Bonnis Properties Inc. specializes in the acquisition and development of commercial real estate in Vancouver's downtown and westside areas, while an affiliate focuses on multi-family development. Brothers Dino and Kerry Bonnis direct the companies.

SEATTLE-The Alaska Airlines project, to be completed in two phases by fall 2002, will add more than 100,000 sf of workspace at its existing office/hangar complex, which now encompasses about 70,000 sf.

PORT ORCHARD, WA-Local owners want to open a restaurant and mini-casino on the site of an old landmark restaurant, slipping under a timeline that would temporarily ban mini-casinos in this established area west of Puget Sound.