LIVERMORE, CA-Calpine Corp. is proposing a natural gas plant near here that would supply electricity to more than one million homes in the East Bay and San Joaquin County. The company's proposal to build in San Jose was shot down last month.
CLERMONT, FL-The old 45-foot high limit is still in the code books but this Orlando bedroom community may find a technical exception now that the fire department's new ladders can reach 60-foot high structures.
EUGENE, OR-The plans, submitted to the city by a local family here, do not name the would-be occupant, but its size and expandability match plans the ubiquitous warehouse retailer has in the neighboring city of Springfield.
WHITE PLAINS-Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. has joined with Mexico developer Grupo Plan Planificacion SA de CV, to build a W Hotel property in Mexico City.
LAWRENCE, MA-Eduardo Lozano has developed a master plan for this city, located 30 miles north of Boston. He would like to see its mill space converted to a center for high-tech companies and a technology training center.
LINCOLNTON, NC-This North Carolina sector, some 40 miles northwest of Charlotte, is flourishing these days by giving tax breaks to new or expanding companies.
NEWHALL, CA-Curtain is raised on restored theater, which local officials hope will ignite more development and redevelopment in their quaint but tired central business district.
CHARLOTTE-The home improvement chain is shooting for a summer 2002 opening at Midtown Square, according to industry sources, but the developer hasn't yet purchased the 26-acre site or bought out the leases of existing tenants at the shopping center.