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So there's an interesting side effect to downtown's booming office-space market — interesting, that is, for folks who park downtown. According to an annual central business district parking survey (yes, apparently there really is such a thing), increased occupancy in downtown office buildings is pushing the price of downtown parking up. Last year, the median price for a reserved downtown parking space was $225 a month, up 6 percent from 2005; for expensive spots, the...

There could be changes ahed for one of downtown's most nondescript skyscrapers: According to the Chronicle, the Houston Club Building has been sold to a commercial real estate firm that is considering opening a hotel or residential units in the 52-year-old building. Cameron Management, which also owns the Esperson Buildings, bought the 18-story building from JPMorgan Chase; the bank has 500 employees working in the building, but most of them will be moving out this summer. Remaining in the building will be a Chase daycare center and the venerable Houston Club, which occupies four floors.

So, just short of a month after a group of local janitors went on strike to demand higher wages and health benefits, the strike seems to be over: The striking janitors and the city's five major cleaning companies reaches a tentative agreement yesterday. Which means the strike was a success, right? Well, yes. And no.

Remember the striking Houston janitors who protested in other cities and blocked the Westheimer/Post Oak intersection? They've been busy this week, too: Yesterday they rolled buckets and trash bins through downtown during rush hour and returned to Uptown — and today they stormed the Houston Club, disrupted a speech and gathered outside HPD headquarters.

More on TSU President Priscilla Slade's spendy ways: It turns out she spent even more of the university's money than we had heard. Receipts and invoices obtained by the Chronicle show that in 2005, Slade spent more than twice the $50,000 allotted her for travel, entertainment and other expenses, including more than $20,000 on club memberships and nearly $9,500 in moving expenses. Among her expenditures last year: