AUSTIN—Live Oak-Gottesman has a new leadership team in place. The company has announced that Scott Flack is its new president. Other longtime associates join the leadership team: Rhonda Jaquez, managing director of asset services; Doug Thomas, managing director of leasing; and Mike Joyce, the current chief operating officer.

HOUSTON—Northbrook, Ill.-based Prime Property Investors (PPI) has completed its first phase of unit renovations at Estates at Fountain Lake, a 13.6-acre luxury rental community in Stafford.

DALLAS—Despite the downward pressure on oil prices, the local office market is thriving, adding 134,000 jobs in the last year, an annual increase of 4.1 percent, according to a recent Q1 office market report released by PM Realty Group (PMRG).

CONROE, Tex--The Greater Conroe Economic Development Council has partnered with Avison Young to promote Deison Technology Park and the residential, retail and amenity growth that is happening around the technology park in Greater Conroe.

AUSTIN—Austin's skyline is set to get even more impressive. Developers on Monday announced plans for a 58-story, 370-unit residential tower called The Independent.

HOUSTON—Rents are trending upward; leasing activity is down. These are two of the headlines from Savills Studley's recent first quarter 2015 report on the Houston office market.

DALLAS--HFF has arranged $27.877 million in acquisition financing for an 11-property theater portfolio totaling 109 Cinemark- and Regal-branded screens in eight states.

HOUSTON--Asset Campus Housing (ACH) has hired student housing industry veteran Stacey Lecocke as a senior vice president.