HOUSTON-In the coming weeks, a Houston general contractor will move into 2,614 sf at Cross Continents I in the Greenspoint submarket. In Westchase, a home mortgage lender has set up shop in 2,560 sf at 11000 Richmond. Both are three-year leases.

HOUSTON-Voicestream Houston buys about an acre at 1700 Glaser St., northwest of the CBD, while a local investor, Marvin E. Chernosky Jr., goes for a 35,694-sf tract along Wild Indigo Street, where he plans to construct an office building.

HOUSTON-Dionex re-ups a 5,444-sf office at 340 North Belt Place on the North Side while Hastik-Baymont keeps the reins to 5,959 sf of office/service center space on the South Side. The North Belt Place lease keeps occupancy at 77%.

HOUSTON-An April 1 opening is being eyed for a new bar in an empty space at 708 Main St., an 85,568-sf office building in Houston's CBD. The 1920s-era building, renovated last year, is 34% filled.

HOUSTON-A group of Atlanta investors is undertaking a second condo conversion in Houston, securing the loan for acquisition and reworking the 90%-occupied, 84-unit Weslayan Oaks in the West University neighborhood.

HOUSTON-Claremont Cos. sells the second of three multifamily properties ticketed last year for disposition. The latest to go is the Gables at Richmond at 3400 Ocee Dr., a near $15-million listing that delivered 14 offers.

HOUSTON-The Houston-based REIT continues the long run by ending 2002 with rent revenue up 18.2% to $303.8 million in comparison to the previous year. It was another year of buy and sell, with the sold properties bringing in a net gain of $19.5 million.

HOUSTON-A Fort Worth investor buys a 25,000-sf industrial property leased for 15 years to Coastal Foods after selling a North Texas multifamily asset. A Houston company trades in a traditional office building for a medical office property.