LIVONIA, MI-Tool and die manufacturer to renovate existing facility in Wixom.

OAKLAND, CA-An $8 million renovation and expansion is attracting grocery stores chains to the long-troubled Eastmont Shopping Center along Bancroft Avenue on the city's eastern side.

AUSTIN-Susman Tisdale Gayle, a leading Austin-based architecture, planning and interior design firm, has been selected by National Instruments Corp. to design an eight-story, 370,000-sf office structure to house NIC's research and development teams.

HOUSTON-The Houston economy has added 62,300 new jobs in the last 12 months, as the manufacturing and mining sectors of the local economy have performed well. A strong construction market is being attributed to the 3.1% job increase.