Now, however, the company has brought in a new leasing agent - the Houston-based Hines Interests - and is introducing a new entertainment-driven strategy.

Mr. Stonestreet, 31, is a project manager at Hines Interests, an international real estate development company in New York.

The bridegroom is an assistant project manager in New York in the real estate development group of Hines Interests.

Technological advances are another important reason for continued construction in the face of high vacancy rates, according to Tom Bacon, vice president of Hines Interests.

Hines Interests has retained ownership of 20 percent of the Shell Plaza buildings.

In addition, a third developer, Hines Interests of Houston, has announced a tentative starting date later this year for a third high-rise.

In addition, a third new building, 1 South Dearborn, by Hines Interests of Houston, appears likely.

The first developer to start a downtown skyscraper since the 1980's was Hines Interests; the project was the Enron tower, as yet unfinished.

It is managed by Hines Interests.

The name was originally coined by Hines Interests and applied only to their planned development in the area.