AUSTIN-Capitol Market Research is still fine-tuning its year-end stats, but the preliminary results show some 2.3 million sf has delivered in the worst year since the late 1980s. Year-end occupancy, including sublease space, will hover around 80%.

DALLAS-Texas is known for its ability to soar when others plunge. The Lone Star State's survivor mentality is pushing full throttle to find ways to keep trade on the upside. Sept. 11 had its effect, but it's the slumping US economy that the region battles, say execs.

PHOENIX-Tucson-based retailer Tres Amigos de Mexico Furniture is converting a closed theater into its newest location in the region. The furniture chain wraps up talks for a five-year lease valued at more than $1 million for Bell Tower Village.

FT. WORTH-LINQ Telecom, headquartered in Ft. Worth for 11 years, heads to the city's west side for a corporate office relocation. The move to University Centre I trails a decision that closes outlying offices and rolls the staff under one roof.

SAN ANTONIO-UCC Total Home, a new buyers club, will join the tenant roster at University Park Service Center. The signing closes the books on the broker's leasing tasks since the new property owner is going to lead the charge.

PHOENIX-It's been a very good year for the Phoenix office of Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis. The team has closed six of the leading 10 shopping center sales, totaling $110 million, this year in the region. Power centers and malls are the demand drivers.

SAN ANTONIO-The San Antonio multifamily market hasn't been this active on the buy-sell front for nearly three years. Most institutional owners are pulling out. The sales have driven up average selling prices per unit $5,000 in the past year.

DALLAS-Arlington Manufacturing has zeroed in on South Dallas for the consolidation of three sites in neighboring South Arlington. The firm has just signed a 44,500-sf, five-year deal for the Redbird Industrial Park building.