AUSTIN-Schlotzsky's is unrolling a plan for company-owned stores in Dallas and Houston to serve as role models for franchisees. Company-owned locations are generally 3,200-sf eateries that are endcaps in retail centers.
AUSTIN-AmeriSuites has unlocked the doors to its newest property, an 80-room facility near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Austin-based Spirit Development holds a 20-year franchise pact for the property.
AUSTIN-The long-awaited move of Computer Sciences Corp. into its CBD office building starts this weekend. It will take a month of weekend moving. Meanwhile, scouts are still out to fill 108,000 sf of available sublease space.
AUSTIN-A new music venue, the Acoustic Cafe, will open its doors just a few steps away from the proposed Hard Rock Cafe. It's a turnaround for Sixth Street, a mecca for Austin's nightlife. Acoustic Cafe takes 5,527 sf in the historic Hannig Row.
AUSTIN-An Austin broker closes a 9,000-sf lease renewal while a San Antonio pact adds extra space for another tenant. In Austin, a well-known charity health service is staying put in the Texas Professional Educators building.
AUSTIN-An Austin-based company has opened an office to scout for business in the Asia-Pacific region. Customer Operations Performance Center focuses on call centers and similar operations, maintaining another US office in Amherst, NY.
SAN ANTONIO-Cott beverage company has added 30,615 sf to its 300,000 sf operation in San Antonio's northeast submarket. The extra warehouse and distribution center is across the street from Cott's main operation at 4238 Director Dr.
AUSTIN-Fry's Electronics is launching its first Central Texas location, a 100,000-sf big box at the Parmer Crossing shopping center. It's the 19th store in the CA-based electronic wares retailer's three-state portfolio.
AUSTIN-Trammell Crow's Austin team has two new senior vice presidents. Kevin Granger assumes the role for the office leasing division and Chad Marsh snags the title for the industrial leasing team.
GEORGETOWN, TX-Quorum Equities Ltd. might be tiring of the battle with Georgetown to develop a 215-acre tract for a retail project. Quorum didn't return phone calls, but a knowing broker says council action might have jeopardized the project.