PORTLAND-The project to develop 31 acres in the heart of the South Waterfront Plan area, part of the North Macadam Urban Renewal Area, would turn a blighted and vacant industrial site which has become a brownfield, into housing units, a research building, a hotel/conference facility, plus a parking garage, park and greenway.

PORTLAND-Aperion Audio is leasing industrial space at the Tualatin Business Center II, while MacNaughton Inc. is expanding its industrial space at the Twin Oaks Technology Center.

MUKILTEO-ZF Mathers LLC USA, a European-based supplier of state-of-the-art electronic marine systems, is consolidating its space in Washington into 25,621-sf at the North Campus Business Center.

SEATTLE-The Dallas-based construction firm will provide general contracting services for an expansion project for the biopharmaceutical company that will be used for additional laboratories and offices.

PORTLAND-An airfreight forwarding company and a distribution warehouse and air cargo carrier company has each signed 7-year leases for industrial space in a prime area popular with logistics and transportation companies.

PORTLAND-Two informal meetings are being held this week to allow members of the public to take a look at proposed development plans for the Lents Town Center area.

SEATTLE-After a year of discussion and working out the language, the City Council has passed legislation that will hopefully increase opportunities for mixed-use development in the city by allowing occupants to both live and work in the same space.

SEATTLE-The president of R.D. Merrill Company, has been named to serve on the board of directors for Unico Properties, a firm formed in 1953 to partner with the University of Washington to develop and manage the UW's Downtown Metropolitan Tract.