"My hunch just kind of stemmed out of watching the theaterbusiness," Campbell says. He says three-way negotiations often canbe difficult. "This one was a pleasure," he says. "Our relationshipwith AMC has been very good." The inbound tenant for 304 HoustonSt. is Houston-based Norris Training Systems Inc., which has beenscouring the city for a location nearly 18 months.

Campbell tells GlobeSt.com that Sundance will begin demolitionwithin two weeks on the theater, which just closed two days ago.Sundance's part of the deal is to deliver a white box with levelfloors while retaining stadium seating in a portion of thetwo-story building, AMC's 11-screen location for the past 15 years.The AMC Palace 9 at 220 E. 3rd St., which opened 10 years ago,stands intact.

[IMGCAP(2)]The Fort Worth conference center will be the secondlargest in Norris' portfolio, which includes an 80,000-sf facilityat 4522 Fredricksburg Rd. in San Antonio. Linda Hampton, Norris'executive vice president, says the Fort Worth ribbon-cuttingtentatively is set for August. In the fall, Norris plans to open a26,000-sf conference center in the 1.1-million-sf CityCentre inHouston.