HOUSTON-Office and industrial leases totaling 14,918 sf get final signatures. The largest pact tallies 7,217 sf and puts an energy-related firm into a Northwest Freeway office building. The lone industrial tenant heads to the southwest submarket.

HOUSTON-Unlike 22 other leading hotel markets, Houston is staying ahead of the game, says a CB Richard Ellis lodging specialist. Other industry watchers concur. Occupancy is up from 2000 and so is the daily room rate.

STAFFORD, TX-Electronics service provider, Alpha Circuits, secures an industrial building tailored for its expansion plan. In a dual-pronged lease, the Stafford company is moving into 37,343 sf and has optioned the balance of the building.

HOUSTON-In an eight-month strategy, ML Capital Ventures of West Dundee, IL has bought the second of four planned acquisitions in the Houston market. More than $22 million will be spent on suburban office properties before the year's out.

HOUSTON-With a 20.1% vacancy, the Westchase submarket gets a 47,238-sf respite in a signing negotiated between Grubb & Ellis and Staubach brokers. ABB Lummus Global is the second Swiss company to lease in the region in recent days.

HOUSTON-Unlike 22 other leading hotel markets, Houston is staying ahead of the game, says a CB Richard Ellis lodging specialist. Other industry watchers concur. Occupancy is up from 2000 and so is the daily room rate.

HOUSTON-Phoenix Tel-Supply went to market when its building was damaged in the summer floods. The Houston-based high-tech provider now holds the deed to a 45,000-sf building and a temporary tenant. It's an ongoing trend due to rising rent.

HOUSTON-Shawn M. Ackerman is on board in the Houston office of Dallas-based Henry S. Miller Commercial. Ackerman, a vice president, has been brought into the fold to steer a retail component for the office. Two associates also are hired.