LAFAYETTE, LA-The New York City-based investor buys University Place Apartments, a class C asset near the University of Lousiana campus.

IRVING, TX-The hospitality REIT inks contracts to sell six hotels for gross proceeds of about $114 million.

NEW ORLEANS-The local hospitality market will likely be the strongest in the nation over the next three years.

DALLAS-The investor buys the mixed-use downtown property out of receivership after restructuring and assuming the existing loan.

OKLAHOMA CITY-After evaluating the market for eight years, the firm readies a 240-unit project in the Tuscana master-planned community.

PHOENIX-After a two-year search, the school picks One North Central in downtown for its campus.

HOUSTON-Redstone Real Estate will develop the build-to-suit property, and BBVA Compass will occupy 150,000 square feet of it.

AUSTIN, TX-The CA-based firm acquires a vacant 301,644 square-foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility from Dell USA L.P.