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AUSTIN-The 200-unit Vintage on Town Lake might have its OK from the planning commission, but Austin City Council wants more input. Additional hearings could surface in the next few weeks, says the developer's representative.

SAN DIEGO-On a day that the federal government imposed renewed price controls on electricity in the West, Gov. Gray Davis announced an agreement to erase a $750 million debt run up by San Diego's public utility.

HOUSTON-Entertainment Technologies & Programs is taking its military show on the road, opening its first civilian store near NASA in the city's far southeast submarket. The 4,100-sf location will sell sound and video equipment.

ORLANDO-William J. Zylka, the purported owner of locally based Evergreen Security Ltd., a fraud-tainted mortgage securities-backed investment fund, remains in a Manhattan, NY jail. He and two associates are charged with planning and executing the biggest Ponzi scheme in Florida's 182-year history.

NEW YORK CITY-Bob DiChiara of World Trade Center Associates here shares his insights and experiences in the to smoke or not to smoke battle with GlobeSt.com. He relates that the expense in creating smoking space is often prohibitive.

WASHINGTON, DC-Hospitality Properties Trust purchased the four hotels, located in Hawaii, California and Washington State. Marriott International will continue to operate the hotels under a long-term management agreement.

ATLANTA-The Raleigh, NC-based REIT plans to break ground by fall on a five-story, 100,800-sf office building it has already leased to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 10 years and $25.6 million in aggregate rent.

ORLANDO-Property owners tactfully try to accommodate tenants with outside smoking areas as cities write stringent regulations and post hefty fines for the violators.