Southwest

DALLAS-Less than a month after the merger between TriVest Residential and Henry S. Miller Cos., Wood returns to the company with one goal: Put HSM on the multifamily map.

ARLINGTON, TX-An investment trust based in California has bought Woodland West Marketplace, a 176,414-square-foot retail center at Park Row Drive and Bowen Road in Arlington.

JOSHUA, TX-After years of waiting, the regional grocer will break ground this summer on a 37,000-square-foot store. Also potentially under development in 2012: Retail, restaurants and multifamily.

AUSTIN, TX-San Francisco-based DivcoWest has purchased a two-building office project in northwest Austin.

PHOENIX-Beverly Hills, California-based Archway Holdings Corp. has acquired three medical office buildings located in the Phoenix metro area for a total amount of $14.5 million.

TEMPE, AZ-Seattle-based Pillar Communities has paid $45.1 million for San Portella, a 308-unit apartment community at 2155 S. 55th St. in Tempe.

BIRMINGHAM, AL-Summit Hotel Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust based in South Dakota, has inked an agreement to purchase the Hilton Garden Inn in Liberty Park.

SAN MARCOS, TX-Darren Casey has modified plans for a proposed apartment development on Sessom Drive.

DALLAS-Clark will focus his efforts on multifamily property agency leasing and developing alternative capital financing strategies. Also: Additional Southwest real estate news.

HOUSTON-CBRE, which has long had the leasing assignment for the class A office high-rise in the Galleria submarket, will also provide property management services.

TEMPE, AZ-Seattle buyer PrivatePortfolioGroup obtains the 308-unit San Portella Apartments from developers Mark-Taylor and Principal Real Estate.

FORT WORTH-Hillwood Multifamily, an affiliate of Fort Worth-based Hillwood Properties, has started the second phase of the 130-acre Monterra Village development at Alliance Town Center.

DALLAS-Hotels.com is relocating its headquarters to Lincoln Centre in Dallas.

HOUSTON-BayNorth Capital Inc. and Core Real Estate have sold The Plaza at Enclave in Houston.

AUSTIN, TX-Brian Liverman and Matt Frizzell of Stream Realty have closed two lease deals totaling 14,985 square feet at Bridgepoint Plaza I & II in Austin.

DALLAS-The maturation of one of the Boston seller’s funds paves the way for the local buyer’s ownership rights of 10 industrial buildings in the Dallas and Houston areas.

TULSA-Oklahoma native and real estate expert Brandon Lamb heads ARA’s newest office to take advantage of growing interest in multifamily property investments throughout the state.

HOUSTON-Two boutique office buildings have changed hands in the Museum District.

DALLAS-HSH Nordbank AG, a German-based lender, has acquired the remaining condos of a Victory Park project for $32 million and an adjacent retail lot for $3.5 million at a foreclosure auction.

HOUSTON-JPMorgan taps CBRE to handle Houston Center; Stream gets the nod to fill Trammell Crow Center in Dallas. Both assets are part of the 9M-SF Crescent office building portfolio acquired in October.