SAN ANTONIO--Weston Urban and KDC have announced the selection of architecture firm Pelli Clarke Pelli to lead the design of the Frost Tower, Frost Bank's new headquarters and San Antonio's first downtown office tower in three decades.

DALLAS—Nearly one year after the repositioning-ownership of a Henry S. Miller Realty Management portfolio, realtor Ron Taylor has partnered with Carole McNeil to form a new company: TriVest McNeil Real Estate.

HOUSTON--Midway and Lionstone Investments have announced a new partnership on the mixed-use development GreenStreet in downtown Houston.

DALLAS--Harwood International recently announced a new lease agreement for 25,267 square feet at Saint Ann Court with international law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

HOUSTON--Cresa, the country's largest tenant representation firm, has hired two in its Houston office.

AUSTIN—Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) has been appointed as the master developer for the construction of a new 57,600-square-foot, class A build-to-suit industrial building, Expo 12, for Excel Filters Inc.'s new satellite manufacturing facility in Expo Business Park, a new industrial park located in southeast Austin.

DALLAS--GruenePointe Holdings LLC, a transitional medical facility investment company and owner of the Adora transitional care brand, has closed on the sale and leaseback of nine Texas skilled nursing facilities (SNF) to MedEquities Realty Trust Inc. for $133.4 million, a deal which was structured by GruenePointe owners US Freedom Capital and OnPointe Health Management.

SAN ANTONIO—In a joint venture, Tryperion Partners and Goodstone LLC have acquired Network Tech Center, an 84,505-square-foot, three-building office park located in University Business Park in the city's northwest submarket.