SEATTLE-The two-year project, OK'd after the Nisqually Earthquake last February, will make the historic, 85-year-old Courthouse seismically safe. The project, to be done by Baugh/Skansa Construction, is scheduled for completion in August 2004.

SEATTLE-An annual King County report reveals a mixed bag of good and bad regarding the region's growth. First published in 1983, the 2002 Benchmark Report provides statistical data on each of the County's cities, the unincorporated areas, annexations, land area, growth capacity and housing.

SPOKANE, WA-WestCoast Hospitality Corp. intends to convert another 20 hotels to the Red Lion Brand. The action means there will be more hotels bearing this name than at any other time in Red Lion history.

KOHALA COAST, HI-Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. agrees to buy The Orchid at Mauna Lani on the Island of Hawaii from an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC. The facility will be reflagged the Fairmont Orchid in December.

FEDERAL WAY, WA-Weyerhaeuser Co. agrees to sell roughly 115,000 acres in western Washington to Boston-based Hancock Timber Resource Group. The deal is valued at $211 million, and Weyerhaeuser will use the proceeds to help pay down debt.

BOISE, ID-Unlike their counterparts in much of the rest of the country, Boise apartment dwellers see a slight rise in rents this year, according to a recently released survey by RealFacts, the multifamily data specialists. The average occupancy rate remains around 90%, where it has been stuck for all of 2002.

BOISE, ID-Unlike their counterparts in much of the rest of the country, Boise apartment dwellers see a slight rise in rents this year, according to a recently released survey by RealFacts, the multifamily data specialists. The average occupancy rate remains around 90%, where it has been stuck for all of 2002.

SEATTLE-The locally-based developer of immunotherapeutic products signs a 15-year lease for space at the Ninth & Steward Lifesciences Building, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The company intends to relocate its current headquarters at 1124 Columbia St.