HOUSTON--Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) and Skanska USA recently celebrated a topping-out ceremony of the new expansion building adjacent to the current AOI headquarters in Sugar Land.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—Although developers may see the EB-5 program as a great source of funding, it's important to understand the program's complexities, a Holland & Knight team advises in this third of an EXCLUSIVE three-part series.

WEST ORANGE, NJ—The advantages of holding deal closings in-person outweigh the savings in cost and time that remote exchanges of documents supposedly provide, writes attorney Jeffrey M. Gussoff in this EXCLUSIVE commentary.

MCKINNEY, TX--MYCON General Contractors has been recognized by Texas A&M University as a member of the 2015 Aggie 100, which honors the fastest-growing companies in the world, owned or operated by Texas A&M University alumni.

DALLAS—High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co. (TCC), in partnership with Principal Real Estate Investors has broken ground on M-Line Tower, a new 20-story, 262-unit, luxury residential tower located at 3200 McKinney Ave.

DALLAS--Hunt Mortgage Group has closed two loans under the new Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan Program, GlobeSt.com has exclusively learned. Both properties are located in the Dallas area, and the total investment was $7.7 million.

HOUSTON—Houston-based Baker Katz, an X Team International partner, has sold a 2.12-acre property with an existing 13,000-square-foot office building located near the cross streets of U.S. Highway 59 N and West Little York Road in Houston.

DALLAS—Transwestern Development Co. is planning a 164-unit luxury multifamily development, to be called The Laurel, at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Northwest Highway in North Dallas.