SAN DIEGO-A local architect says property owners and developers can follow one local company's example and capitalizing on new city guidelines that allow space-starved companies to expand.

ESCONDIDO, CA-Officials of Sempra Energy Resources are considering scrapping a planned high-tech industrial park in the city because a competitor has won approval to place a power plant at the park's would-be entrance.

EL CAJON, CA-The planning commission here has approved construction of the city's first power plant. City officials say it could be online by September and generate electricity for 49,000 homes.

SAN DIEGO-Keeton Construction Co. will break ground in October for a 44,500-sf, state-of-the-art animal care center for the San Diego Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

SAN DIEGO-Bruce Hazard operated Hazard Construction Co. for a half-century from land in Mission Valley that later become the $200 million Hazard Center. His father was one of San Diego's earliest highway builders.

ESCONDIDO, CA-After poring over Census data and reviewing hundreds of cities across the United States, the national magazine's editors chose Escondido, Edisto and Seanbrook islands, SC; Eugene, OR; Hanover, NH; Oxford, Miss. and Tucson, AZ.

DEL MAR, CA-The locally based REIT today said it has terminated its negotiations to buy a controlling interest in San Jose-based LoanCity.com.

SAN DIEGO-The state commission Tuesday will weigh in on plans to develop about 360 acres of the Naval Training Center property near Lindbergh Field. Commission staff members are recommending denial.