HOUSTON-Pantellos Group, an e-commerce firm serving the energy and utility business, pre-leases 52,500 sf at Waterway Plaza One in The Woodlands. The structure is slated for a November completion.

AUSTIN-Lend Lease secures a 608-unit, multi-family complex on behalf of a public pension fund client. The Preserve at Travis Creek is the second purchase in the city this year by the Atlanta-based real estate manager.

DALLAS-A data gatherer for the apartment sector issues a note of caution about today's euphoria as jobs and rental growths crest with the New Economy. The firm, which maintains a database of 2.5 million units, is predicting a falloff from the good times in 2003, based on second-quarter findings.

HOUSTON-A 19-story apartment tower is planned for the city's Museum District. The 288-unit building is expected to command monthly rents ranging from $1,200 to $2,500.

DALLAS-The latest market analysis shows Dallas' Central Business District has hit its lowest absorption point in two years. But it's not all bad news, says the researcher who compiled the midyear report for Grubb & Ellis

KIRBYVILLE, TX-A Houston-based wholesaler of mud-drilling and other chemicals buys a 30,000-sf warehouse site in the Santa Fe Industrial Park. The property will be used as a warehouse, replacing a smaller one in the same community.

KIRBYVILLE, TX-A Houston-based wholesaler of mud-drilling and other chemicals buys a 30,000-sf warehouse site in the Santa Fe Industrial Park. The property will be used as a warehouse, replacing a smaller one in the same community.

AUSTIN-The city's retail market gets another "for sale" sign - this time a 13,310-sf specialty market just eight blocks from the main campus of the University of Texas. The brisk shopping center market lends to the prevailing "sell" mindset to dispose of older properties while others line up for new construction to satisfy the thriving marketplace.