AUSTIN-Startup companies aren't likely to make any sizable dent in Austin's office market. Venture capital, which once fueled an office-building boom, is drying up. Fewer companies will come online in the next two years to help with the space glut.

THE WOODLANDS, TX-Two office buildings, totaling 149,947 sf, hook a Santa Fe-based investment group buyer. It's a first for the Woodlands submarket and a definite sign of submarket maturity, says a Holliday Fenoglio Fowler broker involved in the sale.

NEW YORK CITY-There's a bumpy road ahead for the short term, but one of Manhattan's leading real estate players addressing an audience at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel this morning said "the glass is half-full, not half-empty.

BALTIMORE, MD-Amid financial troubles, three Prime Retail Inc. executives resign from the Board of Directors. The ailing company's CEO thanks the departing members, and plans to replace two of the positions in a December shareholder meeting.