ROUND ROCK, TX-The Austin suburb gets its first Candlewood Suites, a 98-room venue with business-class amenities. Equus is the owner and California-based Preferred Hotel Management controls the day-to-day operations.

DENVER-A 40,000-sf Mexican-style grocery store would anchor a repositioned 600,000-sf retail center northwest of Downtown. The entire center would cater to an growing, but under-served, market, the property's owners and area brokers say.

LOS ANGELES-The Los Angeles-based office real estate investment trust reports that funds from operations for the entire year were 6.4% higher than 2000. Same property net operating income was up by 5.4%.

SEATTLE-Starbucks Coffee International has inked a deal with Marinopoulos Brothers, a retail, commercial and industrial group in Greece, to open specialty coffee shops in Athens and throughout the country. The first store is scheduled to open in Athens this fall.