CUPERTINO, CA-The home of the San Jose Sharks is being renamed as a result of the HP-Compaq merger. It became Compaq Center in October following a $47 million, 15-year sponsorship deal.

SAN FRANCISCO-A dozen developers have expressed interest in San Francisco's historic Old Mint building, a 77,000-sf property which must undergo about $20 million worth of seismic repairs before it can open.

SAN FRANCISCO-During the dot-com era, strictly open-plan layouts were the norm and were good choices to create space efficiency. Businesses now say the layouts, while economically sound, are less practical for running a business.

ROCKLIN, CA-Legal and investment difficulties cause Eureka Development Company to toss plans for developing a vacant 156-acre property into a business park in Rocklin. Meanwhile, in Cotati, developers have postponed the construction of South Sonoma Business Park.

SAN FRANCISCO-During the dot-com era, strictly open-plan layouts were the norm and were good choices to create space efficiency. Businesses now say the layouts, while economically sound, are less practical for running a business.

PACIFICA, CA-After 20 years of fighting commercial development at More Point, the 105-acre property is officially an addition to the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

SAN FRANCISCO-A contractor has been selected to build a new Federal Building in San Francisco that is slated to open in 2005. San Francisco-based Nibbi Brothers and Pittsburgh-based Dick Corp. were the lucky joint partnership selected.

OAKLAND, CA-The city of Oakland is turning a former manufacturing plant into a housing development, after the owners abandoned the property two years ago.