Globest Sectors

NEW YORK CITY-The blender blaster believes that increasing casual visits is the key to growing the firm, now at 650 company and franchise-owned stores.

TROY, MI-The Richardson Development Group envisions up to 600,000 sf of retail, 60,000 sf of office and 200 condos in the project's first phase.

LUFKIN, TX-The Houston developer pulls equity from three complexes with 520 units in tertiary markets. The 80% LTV financing will be used to build more complexes.

HOUSTON-Transwestern will start work in Q1 on twin 14-story buildings in the Energy Corridor as part of its new benchmark, $1 billion of assets under construction or planned.

TEMPE, AZ-Trillium Residential severs Rio Salado from a 2,434-unit portfolio of unfinished projects that had been on the market and pulled. JPMorgan Chase is the new owner.

DALLAS-Transwestern, faced with the loss of a key multifamily broker, brings a 30-year veteran on board to fill the slot. The transition is in full swing this week.

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.

LOS ANGELES-Bank of America signs for 83,000 sf, after which Charter Holdings plans $30 million in improvements to the Garland Center at 1200 W. Seventh St.