SpawGlass, based in Houston, purchased the 7,500-sf building at 1111 Smith Rd. from a joint venture of the local chapters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the asking price was $750,000, according to Jeff Coddington, a Colliers International broker who represented the seller.

The joint venture used the building as a training center for apprentice electricians. The training center was moved to a 28,000-sf build-to-suit facility at 3920 Caven Rd. in the Mopac Industrial Park in the southeast submarket. The industrial park was developed by Trammell Crow Co. in the mid-1980s.

SpawGlass moves from leased space at 2808 Longhorn Blvd. in the city's north central submarket. The construction company's current Austin-area projects include the Austin Convention Center expansion and the Roy and Joann Cole Mitte Art/Technology/Physics Center at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. The company had previously worked on the convention center and the Texas Capitol expansion.