AUSTIN-The East Austin neighborhood is overruled when council acts in favor of a zoning that would allow alcohol to be served at Plaza Amistad, a 6,900-sf event hall planned for a vacant lot along Seventh Street.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Ace Southwest, a moving-and-storage company, is the largest space taker with 11,520 sf in the trio of industrial leases signed for two buildings in the 132-acre Chandler Creek Business Park.

AUSTIN-Lend Lease turns over the 239-room resort to the Washington, DC operator in a long-term deal with closely guarded terms. A $24-million renovation and new manager set the stage for more aggressive marketing of the Lake Travis resort.

HELOTES, TX-D&G Enterprises, which has about 30 employees, has been bought lock, stock and barrel by Dallas-based Commercial Metals Co. The industrial holding is located in Helotes, a community 16 miles northwest of San Antonio.

AUSTIN-The American Legion's Texas chapter paid $1.3 million for the 19,500-sf building and two acres along Ed Bluestein Boulevard. For 20 years, the site was leased to Motorola for semiconductor manufacturing.

AUSTIN-The Westlake Medical Center, now totaling 65,000 sf, is adding a four-building complex with a 39,000-sf hospital. Project pre-leasing has occupancy at 87%, says developer Miller Consulting.

AUSTIN-Way Too Tan heads into the TIF building, an office/retail design at 15301 N. Interstate 35 in the far north submarket. The operator of four locations signs for the long term for its corporate offices and retail tanning center.

AUSTIN-Fusion Learning Systems doubles its office space and takes a small chunk out of a submarket with 545,000 sf of vacant sublease space. For the next two years, the tenant is filling i2 Technology Inc. space at Lakewood on the Park.