AUSTIN-Prentiss Properties is adding 222,835 sf to Austin's market, but there's no room at the inn since it had been fully leased before yesterday's ground-breaking. The project gives Prentiss 850,000 sf in in a submarket with a 0.4% office vacancy.

AUSTIN-The single-family housing market is so tight that Los Angeles-based Kaufman & Broad Home Corp. now has a 12-community development pipeline going in Austin. A local spokesman says the undertakings could very well net the homebuilder a top award by the housing market.

DALLAS-A manufacturer and distributor of picture frames needs more space, signing a lease renewal and expansion to provide 67,600 sf for its operation. Arquati Moulding is a tenant in the Frankford Distribution Center II

HOUSTON-Reliant Energy scores with Harris County, securing naming rights in a 32-year deal for sports and convention facilities. Among the structures that will bear Reliant Energy's name is Houston's new NFL stadium.

AUSTIN-An employee of Chase Manhattan Bank in Austin shifts affiliation, heading to Trammell Crow Co. to manage its Austin industrial portfolio. The new hire had been overseeing a 100-property portfolio for Chase Manhattan.

SUGAR LAND, TX-Kent Electronics is expanding its operation in the Sugar Land Business Park. The firm is undertaking a 150,000-sf office project so it can relocate it headquarters from southwest Houston to Ft. Bend County.

HOUSTON-Extrusion Technology inks a deal for 142,000 sf of industrial space for a manufacturing site in the 80-acre Continental Emsco facility. The company is a supplier of titanium and other specialty steels.

AUSTIN-Robert Halff International has more than tripled its office space, signing a five-year pact for class-A space in a Central Business District strapped by a 1.8% vacancy rate. Halff's landlord owns both buildings, making it possible to grow.