ATASOCITA, TX-In 60 to 75 days, a 12,094-sf twin building will break ground in the 3.6-acre park in North Houston. The move to start work is jumpstarted by negotiations that could fill the first structure and three new signed leases.

HOUSTON-Developers Turner-Adreac and Transworld Properties sell the four-year-old Westchase Place to Litchfield Advisories. The 151,461-sf, multi-tenant property attracted about 10 offers in four months of marketing.

HOUSTON-Aaron Glen, the Houston Texans' defensive back, joins with a local investor and a development company to build two shopping centers in Sugar Land and one in Katy. The first project in the 82,000-sf play breaks ground in 30 days.

HOUSTON-Holliday Fenoglio Fowler's senior research director laid the facts on the table yesterday for about 100 real estate professionals at a Houston conference. Investors would be wise to look at Houston first, and then Austin.

HOUSTON-The prize is a 57,750-sf industrial building, occupied by a Baker Hughes subsidiary, near Clay Road and Sam Houston Parkway in the northwest submarket. The 5.7-acre holding carries a 2002 assessment of $1.3 million, according to the county.

HOUSTON-The popular discounter opens three stores in centers owned by New Plan Excel Realty Trust and one controlled by a private investor. The added locations, part of an ongoing nationwide expansion, total about 32,000 sf.

SUGAR LAND, TX-The Simpkins Group bests several developers wrestling over the final block of industrial- and office-dedicated land in the 1,000-acre Sugar Land Business Park. The winner's plan is to subdivide and resell plus chase some build-to-suits.

HOUSTON-Breco International signs for 21,010 sf in a southeast Houston development along McFarland Street while Champion Wire & Cable takes 17,100 sf along Baythorne Street in the northwest submarket.