HOUSTON--HFF has arranged $50 million in financing for 3040 Post Oak Boulevard, a 427,486-square-foot, class A core office building in the Lakes on Post Oak complex adjacent to the Galleria in Houston.

SAN ANTONIO--Stonelake Capital Partners will soon start moving dirt to develop four class A industrial buildings on the former Cardell Cabinets campus in northeast San Antonio.

DALLAS--Industry commercial real estate veteran Jon L. Dooley has joined Colliers International North Texas as the managing director of real estate management services (REMS).

SAN ANTONIO--The Kalikow Group, on behalf of KEP Luckey Ranch Global Associates, has announced the closing of the sale of a 239-acre residential land parcel to LGI Homes at the master-planned 2,400-home, 610-acre Luckey Ranch project in San Antonio.

HOUSTON—The under-construction Town Center I office building has gained two new tenants: Microsoft has leased 40,589 square feet and Altus Group Ltd., a commercial real estate consulting and software company, has leased 27,194 square feet.

To adequately identify and address deal-killing issues, M&A deals require not only close consideration of financial and legal risks, but also a thorough physical due diligence process to comprehensively address environmental risks and liabilities. John Insall, LEP discusses how environmental liability affects private equity.

PHOENIX—Berkadia recently originated a $29.8 million loan for the acquisition of Midtown on Main, a multifamily property located at 2121 W. Main St. in Mesa.

TUCSON—Tucson's Retail big box space has had a healthy year of absorption with the bulk of the leasing happening in the core of the city while the peripheral areas of town continue to see big boxes remain vacant. As we've seen in the last several quarters since the slowdown of new housing construction, Tucson is definitely a Tale of Two Cities.