Dallas/Fort Worth

DALLAS-Fortis sets the stage for a record-breaking sale with a 2.3-million-sf portfolio that's predicted to reach $600 million at the closing table. The call for offers is mid-November.

GARLAND, TX-Fun Factory Events' owners, looking to triple their operation, acquire a Miller Park building listed for $3.2 million and sold for less.

DALLAS-Occupancy and rents climb for the first time this year as single-family rentals go away. The residential sector also gets a break, but it's not likely to last.

DALLAS-Provident Realty Advisors and Sphinx Development will bring out 280 units on 21 of 52.6 acres bought in early November. Rose Court at Thorntree gets its go-ahead after 264 nearby acres grab headlines as the next campus for the University of North Texas.

DALLAS-Lone Star's owner, Scott Walton, becomes a senior loan officer with yesterday's closing. BMC's two-year plan is to buy 25 small shops in the US to become the first branded arranger of commercial loans in the $500,000 to $5 million sector.

DALLAS-The region gets a show of promise from an industrial market posting a quarterly gain for the first time in a year despite a year-to-date absorption that's still in the red. As for office, the best that can be said is it's "losing less blood today ... than before.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-First Industrial is the buyer and National Life Insurance Co. is the seller of the 51%-leased building at 1905 110th St. in the Great Southwest Industrial District. The closing marks the buyer's third this year in the submarket.

DALLAS-Ross Perot Jr. wastes no time in backfilling a hole from a developer who took a bye a few months ago. Starwood and Gatehouse Capital will help debut a plan with a 251-room W Hotel, 94 condos, 25,000 sf of retail and some office space.