HOUSTON--Whitestone has made its first major acquisitions in the Houston market. The REIT has purchased Williams Trace Plaza and the Shops at Williams Trace in Sugar Land for a total acquisition price of $40.7 million.

HOUSTON--HFF has announced it has closed the sale of Sam Houston Crossing I, a class A office building totaling 159,175 square feet in northwest Houston.

DALLAS--Oakwood Worldwide has acquired a 232-unit apartment complex in Uptown Dallas.

SAN ANTONIO--Amstar, a Denver, Colo.-based real estate investment manager acting on behalf of one of its public retirement system clients, has announced the acquisition of a 2.3-acre development site in San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO–Skanska USA has announced that Steve Lyons has joined the company as director of business development for its Central and South Texas operations.

HOUSTON--Avera, a commercial real estate development, construction and investment firm, is developing Phase II at Bombardier Business Park in Midland, Texas.

DALLAS--CBRE Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of Oakmont Industrial Group's 1.3 million-square-foot class A Dallas industrial portfolio. The portfolio is comprised of three assets.

AUSTIN--Oak Grove Capital has originated $63 million of fixed-rate Fannie Mae loans for Investors Capital Group (ICG) to acquire four separate market-rate, garden-style apartment projects in Austin.