HOUSTON-A former Texas Rookie of the Year is the new senior vice president in the Weitzman Group's Houston Retail Division. David Stukalin has been with the retail brokerage firm since 1997.

HOUSTON-Henry G. Kelly, president and CEO of Austin Industrial, is the new national president for the Associated Builders and Contractors. Kelly is a former chairman of the Houston ABC Chapter and a national ABC board member and vice president.

HOUSTON-Cushman & Wakefield's Houston office is putting up a finder's fee to locate a tenant for the vacant JC Penney's at Northwest Mall. A Feb. 14 deadline looms for the new BMW and $50,000 in the race to fill the space.

SPOKANE, WA-Tribal officials have high expectations for the casino, located about 10 miles west of this inland city, the second largest in the state and a focal point for some 400,000 people.

SEATTLE, WA-Metro Cinemas, the largest of the nine-unit Seven Gables/Landmark chain, may soon be sold off by owner Silver Cinemas International, which faces a bankruptcy hearing next week.

SEATTLE, WA-A bright spot is Downtown Bellevue, site of four new office buildings in 2000, with 12 others in the works totaling some two million sf. The Downtown vacancy rate there is between 2.1% and 2.6%.

HOUSTON-A contractor, who claims his business went under due to project delays, will be getting nearly $8.9 million from a steel supplier. The legal decision could put Harrop Construction back in business, says the firm's lawyer.

SEATTLE, WA-The Seattle-based purveyor of storage centers exercised its option to buy Fremont Realty Capital's interest in Shurgard/Fremont Partners I, a joint venture that owned some 15 properties that Shurgard developed into storage centers and leased out.