AUSTIN-The Houston-based REIT's 2001 buying spree comes to Austin. Weingarten picks up two industrial buildings, valued at $4.7 million, in the southwest submarket from seller, Crow Family Holdings Industrial LP of Dallas.

AUSTIN-Multifamily owners in Austin are gripping tight to their properties and refinancing rather than sell at bargain-basement rates due to declining occupancies. Class A prices are falling, rent is flat and occupancy is down to 94.1%, say the experts.

AUSTIN-The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta targets a 68-unit complex in Austin for a $350,000 grant for a lease-purchase affordable housing program. Getting a $180,000 award is a 15-unit Habitat for Humanity undertaking in College Station.

AUSTIN-Trammell Crow Co.'s Austin office has secured the leasing task for a new two-building project in Austin's southwest submarket. The 76,646-sf development of Office Partners brings all office-flex space to the market.

AUSTIN-It's taken longer than expected to get the project off the ground, but the time has finally come. The Shidler Group has carved out a host of changes for its 164,741-sf One Commodore Plaza in the CBD. The top-to-bottom makeover begins.

AUSTIN-Q3 reports show a turnaround is far from being just around the corner. Few companies, if any, are thinking about space needs. For Concero Inc., that means spending $600,000 a quarter for vacant space that it hasn't been able to lease.

SAN ANTONIO-Jason's Deli is staying put in its 4,640-sf spot at the 165,525-sf Pavilions North Shopping Center in San Antonio. The popular Beaumont, TX-based eatery has a network of 40 restaurants in multiple states.

AUSTIN-WSNet Inc. secures $30 million in new capital to expand its network of digital programming to multifamily complexes in the US. The Austin-based firm gets the windfall from an existing investor.