HOUSTON-After 25 years of ownership, Owens Country Sausage sells a warehouse property to a buyer who's going to use it for a used vehicle dealership. It's just another example of the booming trend to latch onto small-user properties.

DENVER-Mayor Wellington Webb is taking a hard-line approach to Denver's affordable housing problem. His recommendations, in line with a city task force, meet staunch resistance from developers and civic leaders.

EAST PALO ALTO, CA-Voters in March will be asked to approve the rezoning of the proposed 10.5-acre site from neighborhood commercial and multi-family residential to general commercial and to amend the Gateway/101 Corridor Specific Plan to allow an increase in square footage, floor area ratio, height, design flexibility and multilevel parking.

AUSTIN-The 14-story Austin City Lofts is marking its calendar for spring 2002. That's when the CLB Partners project will break ground on the for-sale units just around the corner from one of the city's most popular hamburger eateries.