GRANBURY, TX-A Virginia-based energy supplier has crews working on a $300-million power plant in Granbury, second home to many North Texans. The project will start commercial production in summer 2002.

AUSTIN-The Kernel Group is making a move to capitalize on the European market. In conjunction with overseas office launches, the Austin-based software company has hired The Staubach Co.'s Austin office to find more space for its headquarters.

AUSTIN-The state capital's CBD has gotten another shot of adrenaline, with a proposed class A office tower by the Cousins Stone Austin Development Office. And, given the current state of affairs, a third-quarter ground-breaking is likely

DALLAS-Shoppers are bemoaning anchor closings at favorite retail meccas, but mall owners are not. The shutdowns are opening doors for concepts more akin to today's lifestyle-driven consumer.

DALLAS-Everybody's got to have their space; and a deal is still a deal, regardless of size. Two leases, each under 3,000 sf, have been inked in Richardson and Arlington while a 10,730-sf commercial strip in McKinney is under new ownership.

ROUND ROCK, TX-A new furniture retailer has signed for 18,000 sf in the 175,000-sf The Renaissance Square in bustling Round Rock. Principals with a decade of experience in sales and manufacturing in North Carolina's furniture industry are behind the startup.

AUSTIN-MuniMae has ticketed $268 million to finance five multifamily housing projects, four of which are in Texas. Austin's Ft. Branch Landing and San Antonio's Timber Ridge projects make the list.

AUSTIN-It's just the first of several buys in Texas, says the Shidler Group. Operating through its San Diego regional office, the investor has paid $56.5 million for its first Austin buy and is close to sealing a deal in Houston. Still looking in Dallas, says a partner.