DALLAS-<b>EXCLUSIVE</b>-In a recent interview with GlobeSt.com, CBRE's Jack Fraker tells Amy Wolff Sorter that investors – especially foreign investors – are targeting industrial properties for purchase. This, and other factors, is creating downward pressure on cap rates.

AUSTIN-<b>EXCLUSIVE</b>-In this GlobeSt.com Q&amp;A, Metzler Real Estate president and CEO Don Wise discusses why Texas investments make sense for the Seattle-based company's clients.

THE WOODLANDS, TX-For the second time in 10 years, Lionstone sells the class A Waterway Plaza I and II office buildings, turning the keys to Clarion Partners. The seller tells GlobeSt.com rent growth and capital markets made the sales decision easy.

CHANDLER, AZ-The Phoenix-based buyer strikes a deal with seller Gardner Real Estate Co. for the 290-unit class A multifamily property.

PLANO, TX-The golf club manufacturer strikes a deal with IndCor Properties to renew its space, which is used as a corporate headquarters and golf design assembly.

COLLEGE STATION, TX-The California buyer adds the 904-bed Woodlands at College Station to its Lone Star State portfolio; the student housing property serves Texas A&amp;M University.

PLANO, TX-Working in concert with the developer, HFF placed the 10-year, fixed-rate, cross- collateralized financing for three class AA office buildings in the 90-acre Granit Park development.

CUERO, TX-Aries Capital, working on behalf of Avalon LLC, secured funding to build a 77-room Holiday Inn Express within south Texas' Eagle Ford Shale area. Additional southwest commercial real estate news follows.