AUSTIN-Congress Holdings is off and running on a 26,800-sf mixed-use project at 1001 Congress. The project is the first to come off the drawing boards for the state capital's primary street. The development calls for street-level retail and four stories of offices.

HOUSTON-The city's northwest industrial submarket is bustling with big box activity. The latest CB Richard Ellis report pinpoints 37 projects either on line, under construction or in the pipeline. Occupancy is riding at 65.20%.

MINNEAPOLIS-The city will spend about $62 million in public subsidies to build a 185,000-sf discount store Downtown, which reportedly has cost Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton her party's endorsement.

MINNEAPOLIS- Mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton blames the city's $62 million in public subsidies to build a 185,000-sf discount store Downtown for killing her plans to seek re-election. She fails to capture the Democractic endorsement.