ORANGE COUNTY, CA-EXPO Design Center, a division of The Home Depot, is expecting to open its first two-story center in Laguna Niguel early next year.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Precision Offset paid $2.4 million to Viking Pumps of Southern California for an industrial building in Irvine. The printing company will move in next year.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Snyder Langston of Irvine will provide pre-construction and construction services for the $19-million facelift and expansion of the South Coast Repertory Theatre. The project will double the theater's size and add 50% more seating capacity.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Evangelical Christian Credit Union will build its new corporate headquarters in Brea.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Severson & Sons has purchased a parcel to build religious buildings for three different faiths.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Simon Property Group, a REIT focused on the ownership of shopping malls around the country, has given the Capistrano Unified School District a place to house its home schooling program.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Construction may begin soon on a glacier of Titanic proportions. The 600,000-sf, $130-million project will offer 28 different sports venues, from skiing and snowboarding to skydiving and rock climbing.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-A Taiwan-based high technology firm has subleased industrial space from Smile International for 56 months. The deal is valued at $1.1 million.<p>