NEW ROCHELLE, NY-eLECT Communications reports it has acquired the former Lillian Vernon Call Center building at 543 Main St. Downtown for $1.5 million where the company will eventually employ 250 workers.

SAN DIEGO-Johnson & Jennings General Contracting begins work on renovation of a building for eHNC Software in the city's booming Sorrento Mesa area.

AUSTIN-Year-end investments net $15 million for QuickArrow, one of the state capital's growing software providers. Three local capital investment groups participate in the second-round funding.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI-The Trustees say a proposed mixed-use project in Bloomfield Park is too tall for their taste. The rezoning would have allowed 20-story buildings. Currently, they can can't go above 32 feet.