SAN DIEGO-Development giant inks research firm for one building, mortgage-services company for space at another.

OCEANSIDE, CACity leaders next month will vote on a five-year strategic plan aimed at addressing economic development and community needs.

LA JOLLA, CA-City officials are taking an inventory of the historic structures as part of a study that includes to 8,000 homes and commercial buildings.

SAN DIEGO-In the latest round of its real estate fire sale, Burnham Pacific Properties Inc. has unloaded the 355,596-sf Downtown Pleasant Hill Shopping Center in a deal valued at $62.4 million.

VISTA, CA-Another biotech company is moving or expanding to the North County, with American Peptide taking 34,415 sf in the Park Place

POWAY, CA-The most recent in a surge of apartment sales across the county, the Villa Verde Apartment Complex at 13326 Community Rd. has sold for $3.98 million.

SAN DIEGO-The development firm owned by San Diego Padres owner John Moores has halted construction on a new Westin hotel Downtown until the city issues $225 million in bonds, its share of new ballpark's total cost of $450-million.

SAN DIEGO-Though not without changes, the State Lands Commission has approved a deal in which the San Diego Unified Port District would kick in $21 million for the development of the stalled Downtown ballpark project.