AUSTIN-The Texas Association of Counties has started work on a 95,000-sf office building near the capitol. The plan is to occupy 65,000 sf and market the balance for retail and offices. Finding tenants shouldn't be a problem due to its location, says the director.

LONDON-It was gloom, gloom, gloom in the residential property market during the three months to October. And the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it's going to get worse.

STEVENS POINT, WI-The 200,000-sf, $11-million building in the Portage County Business Park here was designed by Martinson Architects and built be Westra Construction. It will house phone sales, embroidery and distribution functions.

WASHINGTON, DC-MeriStar is awarded long-term management deals with hotel complexes on the campuses of Vanderbilt University and the University of Connecticut. The terms of the contracts are not being disclosed.