Big business news broke last week. Cousins Properties scooped up the so-called Sail Tower— that highly recognized building on the Austin skyline that's fully leased to Google — for $521.8 million.

Austin as a whole is experiencing record office vacancy — estimated at 17.6% citywide as of the first quarter this year, according to CoStar — but things are even worse downtown.

W Hotels and Opry Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of Ryman Hospitality Properties, have announced the completion of a multi ...