AUSTIN-In a narrow vote, city council has approved up to $22 million in incentives and rezoning for an eight-acre tract ending 10 years of wrangling. Riata Partners is planning 1.2 million sf in commercial and residential projects.

SAN DIEGO-"Speaking personally with executives across industry sectors and with capital sources, the message is that it is time to cut costs and make every dollar count," says David B. Marino, executive vice president and principal of Irving Hughes, San Diego's largest real estate services firm specializing in tenant representation.

LONDON-Chesterton International has bought the West End investment and fund management specialist Dixon Studd.

MINNETONKA, MN-The restaurant chains are built primarily in shopping centers. The 51 Pick Up Stix restaurants and one Stix restaurant in California and Nevada range from 1,400 sf to 2,500 sf.