AUSTIN-Conn's already has signed it second lease in months, this time taking a 25,273-sf spot in Capital Plaza. The appliance retailer also has two parcels under option, where plans are afoot for freestanding stores in the region.

AUSTIN-Trammell Crow is eyeing a Dec. 1 delivery, maybe even later, on its 142,951-sf spec office project. Construction has just started at the slightly more than 11-acre site near the intersection of Interstate 35 and US Highway 183.

AUSTIN-Broadwing Communications is adding a 10,000-sf network operations center to its Austin corporate campus along the Capital of Texas Highway. It is the second such facility in the country for the high-tech product provider.

AUSTIN-Motorola contractors have started the tedious work of taking down an obsolete 100,000-sf wafer factory. By fall, the company plans to have converted the space into commercial use for the 2.5-million sf campus.

SAN ANTONIO-Federal Realty and the Valencia Group are hard at work on a 12-story, 214-unit boutique hotel in the city's historic Houston Street. The partnership also is planning another hotel project in San Jose.

AUSTIN-The prestigious Four Diamond award, presented annually by AAA, has been bestowed upon seven of the city's leading hotels. Two winners have made the list for 15 consecutive years, with just one in the All-Star lineup being a newcomer.

AUSTIN-Walnut Creek Business Park is the site of a 51,885-sf undertaking by Trammell Crow's Central Texas team. The spec project is being built on five acres that a California-based company has given up in its decision to pull out of the city.

AUSTIN-Primary lenders for Austin-based USOL Holdings have signed off on an amended credit line, which puts nearly an extra $2.8 million into the coffer. The credit line is capped at $35 million and comes with stipulations.