SAN MATEO, CA-A new 240-unit multifamily rental development promises to clean up a rundown San Mateo neighborhood at the city's entrance, providing opportunities for businesses and residents alike.

SAN FRANCISCO-The Board of Supervisors' meeting agenda for today includes discussion of a proposal that will ban development in many areas of SOMA and Potrero Hill for 18 months to allow for comprehensive planning.

DUBLIN, CA-Property owners are starting to realize that high-tech office campuses may not bring the big payoffs they promised last year, and are leaning more toward residential and retail development.

SANTA CLARA, CA-Don Luca, a lead investor in companies such as Oracle and Cadence has donated $15 million to develop a new three-story, 82,000-sf business school for Santa Clara University.

SAN JOSE, CA-Cisco Systems announces its decision to postpone plans for a huge corporate campus in Coyote Valley, just days after winning the lawsuits that tried to prevent the development.

DUBLIN, CA-Property owners are starting to realize that high-tech office campuses may not bring the big payoffs they promised last year, and are leaning more toward residential and retail development.

SAN FRANCISCO-Starboard Commercial President Hans Hansson offers some advice on negotiating leases for office space in an uncertain market. Among them: inquire about the buildings history of operating expenses.

HALF MOON BAY, CA-$1.5 million has been allocated by the state to acquire and preserve coastal bluffs and open space in Half Moon Bay, despite previous plans for residential and retail development.