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SAN ANTONIO-Tomorrow, the Rouse Cos. and USAA will get the crews going on the long-awaited Shops at La Cantera. The northwest submarket center, part of a 1,677-acre development, is carrying a fall 2004 opening date.

BEE CAVE, TX-The St. Louis retail giant withdraws from the contest to anchor the Hill Country Galleria, a proposed 114-acre mall in Bee Cave. The project is one of the nation's most watched as the developer courts anchors with $25 million in sales tax abatements.

BEAUMONT, TX-CBL & Associates finishes up work on an 80,190-sf mall, secured in 2001 when it bought 21 malls and two centers from the Richard E. Jacobs Group. The center, with a trio of anchors, opened at 91% leased.

HOUSTON-The retail market is holding its breath, hoping that the nearly $350 million invested into several upscale projects will pay off this holiday season. "The big story is the buoyancy of the market," says O'Connor & Associates director of research Richard Zigler.

HOUSTON-Ohio-based REIT, Glimcher Realty Trust has made good on a plan to buy out its joint venture partner at the Northwest and Almeda Malls in Houston. The firm has paid $5.5 million in cash and is assuming a $34.9-million mortgage on the properties.

DENVER-Equity Office Properties Trust's 560,000-sf asset at 1200 17th St. keeps Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP in the 30-story office portion of a development that also includes Shops at Tabor Center, a parking garage and a Westin Hotel.

HOUSTON-MetroNational won't be tapping the capital for 18 months, but it has locked in the financing with New York State Teachers Retirement System. The loan will replace a credit line now being tapped for the owner's share of a $300-million renovation.

CITY OF COMMERCE, CA-Los Angeles Die Casting, a division of Del Mar Industries, signs the lease for 36,108 sf of space in a move from downtown Los Angeles after 75 years there.