OKLAHOMA CITY-Aubrey McLendon with Chesapeake Energy steps down April 1, as questions abound as to what will happen to the commercial real estate owned by the natural gas company.

HOUSTON-Close to a year after Irvine, CA-based Khoshbin re-acquired 10700 North Freeway and 333 N. Belt, it's ready to reposition the assets – and has tapped Transwestern for marketing and leasing.

HOUSTON-The SoCal investor sees value-add potential in the commercial real estate property, which it acquired from an affiliate of Moody National Cos. in an off-market transaction.

DALLAS-The company, part of Starbucks Corp., plans a multi-store expansion of 14 drive-through company operated stores and one franchised location in 2013.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The local REIT pays $48 million to the Dallas area developers for the 130,000-square-foot Forest Park Tower from locally based Forest Park Realty Partners III.

HOUSTON-Fourteen-year veteran Mary Jo Giammalva has been hired as senior vice president, where she'll focus on corporate and tenant services, as well as representation of end-users, buyers and sellers.

GILBERT, AZ-The Tempe, AZ-based company signs a 10-year-plus lease in a consolidation move. The new location has enough land to accommodate additional future growth.

DALLAS-The hospitality REIT declares a series of quarterly cash dividend for the quarter ending March 31.