AUSTIN-A subsidiary of Austin-based USOL Holdings Inc., a technology solutions provider for multifamily real estate, has secured a contract to service Highland Crest, a 280-unit apartment community in Dallas. The deal is a key for long-term growth, says USOL's CEO

SUGAR LAND, TX-Sugar Land Town Square, part of an ongoing 9,700-acre, master-planned community, is lining up tenants as the developer preps to break ground on a 150,000-sf office structure, the first phase for the community centerpiece in Ft. Bend County.

WESTLAKE, TX-A premier golf club community developer, undertaking its first Texas project, has secured 30 "reservations," today's baby-boomer buzzword for options, in just two weeks of word-of-mouth marketing for its 425-acre Vaquero.

AUSTIN-Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. has christened its fifth investor center in the US, a move expecting to generate 3,500 jobs over the long term. The project is a four-building complex at 12401 Research Blvd.

RICHARDSON, TX-Chicago-based realty investment group, RREEF, is taking control of the 85,349-sf Woodcreek Plaza in the Telecom Corridor. The four-story structure offers space for smaller office tenants in a submarket where large-space tenants are the norm.

DALLAS-United Commercial Realty/ChainLinks brokers are busy writing leases, signing 11 new tenants at eight retail locations in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. The transactions call for three new tenants to move into Southlake Town Square and two into Watauga Town Crossing.

SAN ANTONIO-Micro Systems Engineering Inc. is signing for 42,850-sf at the San Antonio Distribution Center I complex in the city's Northeast submarket.

DALLAS-A familiar face in Dallas commercial real estate is joining the Harwood International team as vice president and leasing director. Jean Farris will be assuming leasing efforts at the prestigious Harwood International Center.