DALLAS-At the recent ICSC Hispanic Markets National Conference, ICSC president Michael Kercheval and trustee Mark Myers presented their views about the state of the retail industry. The consensus? Pretty good.

DALLAS-The mortgage company's local office arranges financing for the 198-unit Fountain Apartments in Katy and the 155-unit Encore Crossings in Corpus Christi.

HOUSTON-The retail REIT's Q3 earnings showed recurring funds from operations at $63.3 million (up close to 11% year over year) and same-property net operating income increasing 4.7%.

HOUSTON-Developers plan to use the acreage within the 32-acre master-planned Chasewood Technology Park on the northwest side to build a 139-room Springhill Suites by Marriott. The hotel has a fall 2014 opening date.

FORT WORTH-<b>EXCLUSIVE</b>-Texas' retail commercial real estate activity as well as out-of-state developments encourages the local firm to hire four brokers; CEO Stephen Coslik tells GlobeSt.com more hires are in the future.

SEGUIN, TX-ElmTree Net Lease Fund II pays $22 million for the just-completed facility. The property is leased to FCA LLC, a 3PL for Caterpillar Inc. and near the latter's local engine assembly operations.

IRVING, TX-A year-over-year EBITDA increase, combined with growing RevPAR and improving net loss per share during Q3 prompted the REIT's board of directors to reinstate its common dividend.

PHOENIX-Colliers International's multifamily statistics for Q3 indicated an area-wide vacancy of 7.4%. The vacancy has been in single digits since early 2011, despite new units coming online.