HOUSTON-ClearWorks is bundling its own future, connecting to 20 Houston homebuilders to use the firm's digital solutions package in developing communities. The biggest names in town are being linked to the Houston-based IT provider.

HOUSTON-It's just a waiting game for Russel Metals Inc., which is seeking regulatory approval to take over the 108-year-old Pitt-Des Moines' Steel Service Center Operations. Patience in the acquisition field is paying off, says Russel Steel's president.

HOUSTON-Interealty.com may have jumped the gun by claiming the Houston Association of Realtors has selected its MLXchange for a pilot program. A HAR executive says the nation's largest MLS has yet to receive a proposal.

HOUSTON-Trammell Crow Co. has started work on its second warehouse at the West Port Industrial Park, a 206,400-sf structure that has a 192,000-sf sister building. The latest building project, slated for a January completion, is 32% pre-leased.

OUSTON-Minute Maid's 325,000-sf Galleria headquarters is up for grabs. Parent company, Coca-Cola, is on a cost-cutting campaign that is closing the doors on the Houston office. Employees will find out who goes and who stays Nov. 28.

HOUSTON-The dirt's flying on a 100-acre tract that Richfield Investments had bought last year for $50 million. Plans call for a large-scale retail center and possibly a hotel or office tower... or both.

HOUSTON-Area churches have resorted to public auctions to unload 34.5 acres. Cantu Investments snags 11.5 acres in northeast Houston, with a top bid of $168,000 for the commercially zoned property.

HOUSTON-Neuhaus Investment wants its tenants in hand before starting work on a 20,000-sf professional building near Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital. The professional building will be adjacent to the developer's 30,000-sf Fallbrook Crossing development.