SAN ANTONIO - A key piece of a $400 million plan to bring a new level of luxury to San Antonio has made its debut.The 165-room Éilan Hotel Resort & Spa features several suites; a 10,000-sf fitness center, complete with a la ...

AUSTIN - Southwest Airlines will begin offering international flights from Austin to Cancun, Mexico operated by its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways.

HOUSTON - The volume of commercial construction contracts will reach $3.5 billion to $3.8 billion in the Houston area this year, according to construction expert Pat Kiley.

HOUSTON - A partnership affiliated with Kaplan Management Co. has purchased Greenbriar Chateau, a 145-unit apartment complex near Rice University at 4100 Greenbriar.

ARLINGTON - General Motors has announced it will add a $200 million stamping plant to its Arlington Truck Assembly Plant that will add another 180 jobs to the facility.

PEARLAND - The commercial corridor along SH 288 in Pearland is heating up again.

AUSTIN - Construction at the $1.8 million K1 Speed go-cart racetrack continues and developers say they are confident the circuit will be done in time for South by Southwest in March.

ODESSA - Construction of a new terminal, runway and renovations to current runways at Odessa-Schlemeyer Field are scheduled for completion in late spring.

DALLAS - TRT Holdings Inc. has unveiled plans to relocate and consolidate the headquarters to a $40 million, 170,000-sf office building at 4001 Maple Ave. on the old Parkland Hospital campus in summer 2013.

LORENA - Work has been completed on the new sewer plant at Bull Hide Creek. This makes Lorena one step closer to lifting a moratorium on new developments that was established five and a half years ago when the old plant hit its capacity.