Here's a look at the trends, announcements and deals that you may have missed in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

The Bay Area market continues to experience strong leasing activity, particularly in the northern Silicon Valley submarkets where high-quality, tech-focused space is available at more competitive rates and positive occupancy gains were posted for the 16th straight quarter.

Brinker is putting its longtime LBJ Freeway headquarters on the market as it prepares to move to a new build-to-suit at Cypress Waters in the spring of 2019 and will do a sale-leaseback until its departure.

The purchase contract required a closing in less than 30 days with no extensions and there were several challenges to be overcome during that period, but funding took place by the last day of the contract.

The proposed Woodland Research Park is envisioned as an innovation and technology hub where established and emerging companies can collaborate and grow in close proximity to research occurring at UC Davis.

A recent drop in occupancy did not deter lenders from aggressively pursuing a refinancing opportunity at 717 Texas to the tune of $163.5 million, demonstrating continued investor and lender interest.

Due to labor and workforce pressure in metro areas such as Dallas and Houston where wages have increased, tertiary cities may get interest from manufacturers seeking a lower cost of doing business.

Located in the historic district with a walkable plaza, Artist Walk mixed-use site near ACE and BART has 65% retail occupancy as the 185-unit community also commences leasing, GlobeSt.com learns in this EXCLUSIVE.