AUSTIN-Interstate Batteries is charging into the Austin market, lining up a 2,400-SF spot in Lamar Village and 1,600-sf location at Stassney Heights. The Dallas-based retailer has signed five-year leases for both locations.

FT. WORTH-Healthsource Consultants preps for a move into sublease space at One Ridgmar Centre in Ft. Worth while a nonprofit organization heads to a Wells Fargo building in Dallas for its new metroplex location.

DENVER-East West Partners and Intrawest Resort Development Group make the short list to redevelop the Winter Park Ski resort in a joint venture with the city. Even one of the unsuccessful candidates praises the finalists.

SHERBORN, MA-Local residents here and in Ashland form a coalition to oppose a housing project being developed in their midst. The developer plans to make 25% of the units affordable, putting it safely within the state affordable housing law and enabling it to bypass some local zoning laws.