PORTLAND-An avid Harley enthusiast, Prentice first joined the Portland Development Commission as a project coordinator in 1988. He left in 1993 to run his own land use planning and redevelopment business, and returned in 1996 to be a senior development manager.

OREGON CITY, OR-The steel beams sticking out of the ground near Washington Street and Oregon 213 are test pilings to gauge possible underground gas emissions where Home Depot plans a 132,000-sf home improvement store and garden center.

SAN JOSE, CA-The consortium says it is currently working with BOMA and state officials to craft an implementation plan that will provide concrete energy enhancement recommendations in real estate throughout California, including the state's own buildings.

PORTLAND-Due to the slowing economy, the company is closing 25 stores across the nation that it had planned to convert to House2Home home-decorating stores. Three of those locations are in Portland and a fourth is in Vancouver, WA.

VANCOUVER, WA-Permission to actually build the arena and convention center should come in pieces over the next six weeks. Anchor tenants of the facility are planned to be five minor-league teams playing hockey, indoor football, soccer, basketball and tennis.

VANCOUVER, B.C.-The $6 billion investment and property management company says its $20 per share tender offer garnered it 13.2 million common shares of Bentall, or 97.4% of common shares not already owned by SITQ or its affiliates and associates.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-The 26,000-sf facility is the largest of three such facilities Microsoft has operating in Toronto, Boston and Austin, TX. Another will open in Chicago later this year.

SAN JOSE, CA-Orchard Investors, Pacific Coast Capital Partners, and Blackstone Real Estate Advisors paid approximately $210 per sf for 10 one- and two-story R&D properties totaling 530,639 sf.