DAVIS, CA-If the National Institutes of Health approves a UC Davis request for federal funding, a $190 million research laboratory will be built here for the study biodefense and emerging diseases.

SACRAMENTO-The $170-million CalEPA headquarters building's energy efficiency, 29% better than required, prompts the Green Building Council to make it the poster-child for its pilot program for existing buildings.

SAN JOSE, CA-Federal Realty Investment Trust, despite major setbacks from a fire that wiped out its largest building, will go ahead with the $500-million development's grand opening this Thursday, about six weeks later than originally planned.

SAN JOSE, CA-Santana Row's developers will go ahead with a grand opening of the $500-million mixed-use complex next week. Plans have been in flux since a major fire wiped out the largest of the project's nine buildings.

SAN FRANCISCO-A $123 million bond measure to renovate San Francisco's historic Veterans War Memorial Building would add more space for the performing arts groups of the buildings, at the expense of the veteran tenants.

SAN FRANCISCO-The National Park Service is the official owner of Sausalito's Fort Baker, the last Army Post in the Bay Area, and plans to use the prime location to build a conference center and retreat. The Park Service estimates $88 million will be needed for capital improvements on the property.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA-The project includes the Timber Lodge time-share hotel, the Marriott Grand Residence Club and 125,000-sf of retail shops, including Wolfgang Puck and Patagonia, all of which is a gondola ride away from the Heavenly Ski Area.

SAN FRANCISCO-The expected acceptance of City Administrator Bill Lee as the seventh member of the city's hamstrung planning commission would end the standoff that led to emergency hearings before Planning Director Gerald Green this fall.