EMERYVILLE, CA-The decision paves the way for other redevelopment projects on contaminated sites in urban core areas by validating the use of eminent domain in property acquisition and by allowing the city Superfund-style cleanup authority, according to an attorney representing Emeryville.

EMERYVILLE, CA-The decision paves the way for other redevelopment projects on contaminated sites in urban core areas by validating the use of eminent domain in property acquisition and by allowing the city Superfund-style cleanup authority, according to an attorney representing Emeryville.

EMERYVILLE, CA-The decision paves the way for other redevelopment projects on contaminated sites in urban core areas by validating the use of eminent domain in property acquisition and by allowing the city Superfund-style cleanup authority, according to an attorney representing Emeryville.

MERCED, CA-The university is buying better than 7,000 acres here for $8 million and using the rest of the money to establish a scholarship fund. Some 2,000 acres will be developed into the campus, with the rest preserved as open space.

EMERYVILLE, CA-The decision paves the way for other redevelopment projects on contaminated sites in urban core areas by validating the use of eminent domain in property acquisition and by allowing the city Superfund-style cleanup authority, according to an attorney representing Emeryville.

EMERYVILLE, CA-The decision paves the way for other redevelopment projects on contaminated sites in urban core areas by validating the use of eminent domain in property acquisition and by allowing the city Superfund-style cleanup authority, according to an attorney representing Emeryville.

SAN FRANCISCO-Virginia-based AvalonBay Communities Inc. has broken ground on a 250-unit luxury high-rise apartment tower within Catellus Development Corp.'s master planned urban development known as Mission Bay.

SAN JOSE-An affiliate of the Texas-based Hotel Valencia Group will build the 213-room boutique hotel here on Santana Row. It will feature a palazzo-style courtyard with an outdoor fireplace and fountain.