SUGAR LAND, TX-Bluebonnet Nutrition boosts its space needs in Sugar Land, grabbing a 32,000-sf distribution site in a suburban business park. The Ft. Bend County-based firm sells nutritional supplies.

HOUSTON-A third-quarter analysis of Houston's multifamily market shows the highest occupancy jump in nearly three years. The accounting confirms what brokers have been saying all year. Rent too is up in the 441,660-unit inventory.

HOUSTON-Mass Wholesale of Houston takes the deed to a 20,482-sf warehouse in the southwest Houston submarket. The party supplier acquires the structure from BMS Enterprises, shortly after longtime tenant Blackmon Mooring relocates.

HOUSTON-The city's multifamily market is a surefire magnet for buyers and sellers, exchanging an average of 30 complexes per month. The average sales price is now $37,620 per unit, about $13,000 higher than 2000.

HOUSTON-Involved parties are quiet about the purchase price, but an industry source says the 229-unit Plaza in the Museum District brought more than $25 million. It's the second buy in weeks for Clarion Partners, acting for institutional investors.

KATY, TX-A 10-year-old residential community gets its first block of land dedicated to commercial development. Terrabrook, developer of the 5,000-acre Cinco Ranch, puts 100 acres on the market for the initiative.

STAFFORD, TX-Groth Corp.'s relocation from Houston to Greater Ft. Bend is more of a reality now that construction is under way on its 60,000-sf building in the Freeport Business Center. Meanwhile, the park lands two tenants for a combined 54,000 sf.

SUGAR LAND, TX-The Greater Ft. Bend Economic Council seals four deals, totaling 101,100 sf, for Sugar Land properties. Fluor Daniel takes 72,000 sf of the grand total in two buildings. The deals come at a time when vacancy is 13.5% in the submarket.