AUSTIN-Austin City Council will weigh zoning changes and variances for setback and height for a proposed 26-story project at Fifth and Congress. Houston-based Hines Interests says a favorable decision looks positive.

NEW YORK CITY-Signings were down slightly compared to last month, but they amounted to nearly twice as much space as was leased in May 1999. A major portion of the total was the 700,000 sf pre-leased by Bloomberg.

SAN FRANCISCO-That pretty much sums up the first quarter market report by the National Real Estate Index, one of the oldest providers of real estate data and market analyses in the country. Except for apartments, the market is flat but not flatlining.

CHICAGO-Information storage firm EMC Corp. more than doubles its space in the 626,901-sf Triangle Plaza at 8750-8770 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. thanks to sublease space put on the market by REXAM, new owners of American Can Co.