AUSTIN--Berkadia recently originated $17.5 million in financing for the Holiday Inn Austin Midtown, a hotel centrally located in Austin.

HOUSTON--Edifis Group, a Houston-based real estate development and acquisition company with a focus on developing assets in the retail marketplace, has completed two shopping centers in the new Grand Crossing development located on I-10 and the Grand Parkway in Katy.

FORT WORTH--Commercial brokers Steve Fithian and James Blake have merged their Fort Worth Sperry Van Ness offices together into Sperry Van Ness / Trinity Advisors.

SAN ANTONIO—Dallas-based Cadence McShane Construction Co. has established a new regional office in San Antonio.

DALLAS--Ridgeline Capital Partners has acquired two medical office buildings in Texas in two separate transactions, marking the Dallas-based company's fourth acquisition in the past ten months.

WEBSTER, TX--Oak Coast Properties (OCP) and Invictus Commercial Investment Corp. announced today the $26.3-million acquisition of the Falls at Clear Lake Apartments in Webster, southeast of Houston.

HOUSTON—Transwestern held its 15th annual TrendLines conference last Thursday, Nov. 12 at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, featuring the Greater Houston Partnership's senior vice president Patrick Jankowski and keynote speaker Fox News/Fox Business personality Charles Payne.

COLLEGE STATION, TX--HALL Structured Finance (HSF) has announced that the company has closed a $29.6-million first lien loan for a to-be developed student housing complex at Texas A&M University in College Station.