KATY, TX-Hines has been hired by Tristar Holdings to develop a mixed-use plan on empty land at the junction of Pin Oak Road and Interstate 10, right across the highway from Katy Mills Mall. The master plan won't be done before 2005, at the earliest.

WASHINGTON, DC-Tenancy is on the rise at 1800 M St., as the government commits to 55,000 sf at the 535,000-sf class B office tower where space is marketed in the upper $30 per-sf range. The lease agreement leaves the class B property 70% occupied.

HOUSTON-The size of the new office buildings has yet to be determined, but the first one breaks ground in the fall for a 2006 delivery. By 2007, a second building will be up and the 172,336-sf existing headquarters will be fully retooled.

JACKSONVILLE, FL-Locally based Mark One Realty outbid a dozen buyers for the 55,000-sf property that Allstate Life Insurance Co. had tried to sell conventionally for the past two years. Inland Real Estate Auctions of Oak Brook, IL orchestrated the transaction.