HOUSTON-Wedge Commercial Properties Corp. picks up a good fit--a 1,100-space parking garage--for its 500,000-sf office tower and its proposed site for a second high-rise office structure.

FT. WORTH-David M. Sherman will be joining the board of trust managers for Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. Sherman's experience is being touted as valuable to take Crescent "to a new level," says the REIT's CEO.

AUSTIN-The city's high-tech sector gets some relief with the opening of a new staffing office that focuses on personnel for the state capital's booming businesses. The opening marks the 25th location worldwide for the staffing business.

AUSTIN-Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects Inc. of Boston will be designing the $60-million Blanton Museum of Art, the latest project of the University of Texas. The 150,000-sf project is slated to break ground in 2002, with an opening tentatively set for 2004.

AUSTIN-The state capital's single-family housing market has hit an all-time record, up 15% from second quarter 1999 in a gold-rush economy that has had $901 million in venture capital pumped into it in the first six months of this year. Meanwhile 83 miles southwest, San Antonio is experiencing a slump.

DALLAS-The prestigious position of president and CEO for Trammell Crow Co. changes hands as George L. Lippe announces his retirement and the board selects CFO Robert E. Sulentic to assume the helm. Lippe, who joined Trammell Crow in 1978, has been president and CEO since January 1996.

AUSTIN-An IL-based e-business professional services firm is linking to Austin's high-tech network, opening an office in the state capital. One Inc.'s newest office will be overseen by a four-member management team and utilize technical and customer support services in Dallas.

HOUSTON-The Decorative Center of Houston, a complex of office space and showrooms, has been put up for sale by Crow Holdings and Billingsley Cos., a pair of Dallas companies that developed the project. The owners are seeking $58 million for the 500,000-sf complex.