FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-The locally based national architectural firm hires Stanley Stanczyk, formerly with Nichols Brosch, to support its expanding South Florida operations.

SANDPOINT, ID-Multifamily development is part of the resort makeover, and sales of the first two projects have been brisk. Looking ahead to the other eight or nine projects, Harbor Mountain LLC is optimistic but uncertain.

FT. WORTH-Woodmont Co. acquires a real estate development company and 42,000-sf center in new territory, the Pacific Northwest. The drive brings a 183,320-sf expansion to a retail center in Missoula, MT while talks are ongoing with other prospects.

AUSTIN-A University of Texas committee gives its blessing to an $83.5-million design for the Blanton Museum of Art. A one-building project is now two and the cost is $25 million higher. The board of regents decide in November if the design's a go.