AUSTIN-The Austin-area employers of Advanced Micro Devices and DuPont Photomasks are building an advanced technology center in Dresden. In the next five years, Round Rock's DuPont Photomasks will invest $155 million into the facility.

AUSTIN-A weekend of festivities kick off the first showing of the $110-million convention center expansion, two years in the making. Bonnie Raitt and a taping of Austin City Limits headline the unveiling.

AUSTIN-Buls-Hodge, the market's primary sublease watcher, says the only change in two weeks is falling rent. Meanwhile, 547,000 sf of sublease space in the 3.74-million-sf inventory have terms of less than a year and rates of $17.35 per sf to $17.77 per sf.

BEE CAVE, TX-The developer is hard at work on the second of three buildings in its Preserve development. The building is more than half pre-leased to a title company and a dentist's office in a community alive with development activity.

SAN ANTONIO-Developer and owner Barshop & Oles of San Antonio collects its reward for a 98.6%-occupied center. The 108,325-sf retail buy comes with an extra six acres that can support up to 40,000 sf of additional development.

AUSTIN-A Central Texas group, led by Austin's chamber of commerce, is making tracks south to court companies that might be interested in expanding. A week ago, the group trekked to Boston for the same mission.

AUSTIN-With the latest plan, Stratus will be able to construct 830 single-family homes, 900 apartments, 250,000 sf of retail space and one million sf of commercial venues. The city will kick in $15 million in incentives for the downsized project.

AUSTIN-The Austin-based high-tech provider for multi-tenant buildings gains a presence in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City with the buy-out of Sphera Optical Networks. OnFiber's buy also brings an extra $400,000 per month in revenue.