The Houston team consists of principal Rusty Tamlyn and associates Ralph Tullier and Aaron Thielhorn. The team has reached this height with the seven-building Kempwood Business Center, First Industrial Realty Trust's entire 22-property Louisiana portfolio and the recently reported four-property holding of Dallas-based Crow Holdings Industrial Trust. Tullier says the closings have culminated deals that had started to unfold late last year.

The Kempwood Business Center, owned by an unidentified RREEF client, has been sold to Midway Kempwood Partners LP. The buyer is an entity of Houston-based Midway Cos., which used in-house broker John Duffie to negotiate the buy.

Kempwood Business Center consists of seven buildings situated on about 28 acres at 2716 Bingle Rd. and 8201-8399 Kempwood Dr. in northwest Houston. The center has 436,024 sf of bulk warehouse space and 105,953 sf of service center space. Tenants include Walgreen's, Whirlpool, Pennzoil, CGI Deserts and McClatchy Van Lines. The business center is currently 91% leased.