"Preliminary interest is excellent," says Barry Brown, senior director of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP in Dallas. So much so that Jefferson at Montfort I and II is up for sale without an asking price. At the current pace, Brown tells GlobeSt.com that he's confident the 662 class A units will be under contract before the year ends.

The listing comes as Brown awaits the end of due diligence on another high-demand North Dallas property, the 182,468-sf Berkshire at Preston Center. That office building, he says, went under contract after a flurry of would-be buyers came knocking as soon as the 16-story tower at 5950 Berkshire Lane hit the market in late July. "Clearly there were more qualified buyers looking at that one than we've had in two years," confides Brown.

The buyer is a pension fund adviser whose identity is being kept under wraps for now. It's just a little too early to talk about the deal. But, due diligence ends in a few weeks and opens the door for a closing by the year's close, according to Brown.