HOUSTON-General Stevedores has taken 90,618 sf in a three-building cluster near Houston's ship channel. The property at 601 McFarland is situated in a submarket bearing a 4.2% vacancy and boasting rental rates of 38-cents per sf for warehouse space.

AUSTIN-Angelos Angelou will start reviewing data to see if a revision is in order for his popular annual forecast. The city's economy is still growing, the jobs are still coming, but market changes could alter his 2001 outlook.

DETROIT-The state is seen as a leader in course development as well as the number of golfers. But golf courses may be getting overbuilt, says an expert, with the number of golfers leveling off.

PHOENIX-The struggling national economy placed enough doubt in the minds of office lessors during the first quarter that there was negative net absorption of space and the vacancy rate rose by one percentage point, according to a new survey.