SAN DIEGO-San Jose-based Calpine acquires the rights to build the 500-megawatt Otay Mesa Generating Project, the first major power plant in the county in three decades.

SAN DIEGO-Land for a gas station and office development is bought in two separate transactions. Lennar Partners sold the land to Exxon Mobil and Sunroad Enterprises.

DEL MAR HEIGHTS-A Bank of America office catering to affluent communities has opened a branch in this coastal enclave and office/commercial submarket.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY-Bath and bedding retailer Strouds Inc. announces plans to close stores in La Mesa, Oceanside and San Ysidro over the next three months.

SAN DIEGO-A second apartment tower will be built near the wildly successful, and newly renovated El Cortez Hotel.

SANTEE, CA-A plan to build homes and some commercial space on the side of a mountain gets scaled back, but wins the approval of a federal agency.

SAN DIEGO-Internet firm signs lease for space in a deal handled by the central office of CB Richard Ellis.

CARLSBAD-A genetics research firm joins the cavalcade of companies migrating to this seaside town in search of lower-cost office digs.