AUSTIN-Bee Cave aldermen will be voting today on an 18,000-sf retail center fronting Bee Cave Road, now that zoning issues have been resolved. If the vote is favorable, ground could break between July and August.

AUSTIN-Riata Partners is getting ready to turn letters of commitment into leases. The $17-million Legacy on 11th is riding at 48% for those wanting a part of the 95,000 sf of retail, office and residential space.

AUSTIN-In a narrow vote, city council has approved up to $22 million in incentives and rezoning for an eight-acre tract ending 10 years of wrangling. Riata Partners is planning 1.2 million sf in commercial and residential projects.

SAN ANTONIO-J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s under-construction call center in the city's northwest sector has topped out and will be ready to occupy in October. The three-story, 152,000-sf structure sits on a 35-acre campus.

AUSTIN-A Dallas lawyer, specializing in affordable housing, has come on board at Austin-based Diana McIver & Associates, a real estate development firm. Scott Marks is the firm's new executive vice president and general counsel.

BASTROP, TX-In two weeks, Bastrop will kick off the first new multifamily project to come out of the ground in a decade. Mets Properties is developing the 164-unit project, which is getting a jumpstart from an $8-million loan.

AUSTIN-The puzzle pieces are falling in place for the blocks in and around the Austin Convention Center. Still, there's a way to go to match Sixth Street and the Warehouse District.

SAN ANTONIO-The University of Texas at San Antonio has renewed its 6,441-sf office lease in the class-A Cypress Tower in the city's downtown. Also staying put is the JM Group, which has a 4,275-sf spot in the O'Connor Road Business Park.