GATESVILLE, TX-A planned disposition of non-core assets has Texas manufacturing site, totaling more than 200,000 sf, changing hands. RailAmerica sells the property northwest of Austin to The Heil Co., a Tennessee-based firm.

AUSTIN-SiteStuff's West Coast presence gets a boost with the Austin-based operation hiring a regional sales director to oversee a business development team. The new hire most recently had worked for GE Capital Real Estate.

DALLAS-Mutual of New York, weary of waiting for a buyer, has transferred the marketing job for a two-year-old vacant site to Transwestern Commercial Services in Dallas. Service Merchandise had vacated the building in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy two years ago.

FT. WORTH-The 20-year-old firm is naming a new president and making plans to open offices outside Texas for the first time. Other plans call for developing client-driven strategic partnerships and beefing up the brokerage and management staff.

RICHARDSON, TX-McCarthy Building Cos. is pushing the envelope to fast track a $35-million, 296,000-sf office expansion for Nortel Networks at its Galatyn Park campus. The project is slated for a March 2001 completion.

RICHARDSON, TX-The Haynes and Boone law firm plans to expand its technology segment, signing for 30,000 sf at a 250,000-sf project going up in the Telecom Corridor. The pact includes a 20,000-sf option for more space.

AUSTIN-An Austin-based IT provider is launching a European headquarters as work finishes up on the Four Seasons Hotel Canary Wharf in London. Wayport also is gearing up to provide high-speed access and traveler information to the Four Seasons New York.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Kennedy-Wilson and Fortis Advisers have formed a joint venture for its first project, a 190,000-sf office building in La Frontera. The project will cost upward of $20 million and is the first in a developing pipeline for the joint venture.