TEMPE, AZ-Following recent site plan approval by the City of Tempe, Liberty Property Trust is beginning dirt work on the 100-acre mixed-use site it acquired in 2012 from the city.

AUSTIN-The borrower, with help from HFF, is able to secure a fixed-rate loan through JP Morgan Chase for its 528-unit Regency Park Apartments.

HOUSTON-In this Q&amp;A <b>UPDATE</b> to a previous story, GlobeSt.com talks with Dan Moody III with Moody Rambin about why office is going north near the retail-specific Town &amp; Country Village.

MONROE, LA-The Carrollton, TX-based mortgage services provider strikes a deal with JPMorgan Chase to acquire its customer service operations at the latter's home mortgage financial center.

IRVING, TX-<b>DEALTRACKER</b>-Tricolor Auto Group expanded its headquarters to 25,000 square feet at Summit at Las Colinas. Additional southwest commercial real estate news follows.

TEMPE, AZ-In a recent podcast, ASU's Michael Orr discussed housing supply, somewhat sluggish sales and the fact that interest rate increases really aren't having an impact on home sales.

DALLAS-On Sept. 18, the developer celebrated the official start of construction on its Hall Arts commercial real estate project in the Arts District. Phase one of the three-phased project was launched Sept. 16.

SAN ANTONIO-The Los Angeles buyer teams with Dallas-based Presidium Group to acquire the 252-unit Oakwell Springs in a value-add play. Eliot Bencuya with Tryperion tells GlobeSt.com's Amy Wolff Sorter why the deal was so compelling.