AUSTIN-Small- to medium-size businesses get a new link to online purchasing power via a partnership of two Austin-based IT companies. ConnectSouth is teaming with Works.com for the new service tailored for maintenance to repair needs.

AUSTIN-PM Realty Advisors has signed Trammell Crow as its leasing agent at Colina West in the city's northwest sector. This puts the Austin office in charge of 200,000 sf of PMRA office space in the state capital.

AUSTIN-One by one, the sealed deals keep stacking up for Austin-based USOL Holdings' subsidiary. This time, US OnLine secures a 15-year pact to deliver IT service to 440 units in Duncanville.

AUSTIN-Three businesses in the state capital join forces for real-time management of real estate closings. Expeditrix provides the technology as Austin Title and Commonwealth Title deliver the customers.

AUSTIN-Four firms have tapped the state capital's office market, signing for an aggregate 11,991 sf. T.H.E. Design and Marsh USA manage to grab spots in MoPac Boulevard structures.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Dell Computer is setting up its fifth tech lab worldwide in the headquarters of a Minnesota-based partner. The northward expansion seals a strategy to put customers in every corner of the US at Dell's fingertips.

AUSTIN-XeTel Corp., headquartered in the state capital, is capping this year with a move into a 50,000-sf building in the Dallas suburb of Irving. A steadily increasing backlog - a sure sign of a hardy business - has prodded the firm into relocating into larger quarters.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Developers of Kenney Fort, a 104-acre, mixed-use project, are courting three buyers for a 62-acre commercially zoned section. A decision for the remaining acreage hinges on a road decision.