PROSPER, TX-The Dallas developer plans a mixed-use development consisting of more than three million square feet of retail, office and medical office space, as well as room for hotels and entertainment.

HOUSTON-The Des Moines company buys the 335,000-square-foot, 100%-leased office building on behalf of a consortium of South Korean real estate investors.

KATY, TX-Panattoni Development has started a $19 million, 420,000-square-foot build-to-suit distribution center for the company, which specializes in outdoor cooling products.

PHOENIX-According to Cassidy Turley's Office Market Snapshot, absorption for the year stood at 1.8 million square feet, while the overall vacancy dropped 220 basis points, year over year.

FARMERS BRANCH, TX-Maxim Integrated continues selling pieces of what was once the campus for Dallas Semiconductor Corp.

ARLINGTON, TX-AEW Capital Management joins with M&J Wilkow to provide equity and assume existing debt for the retail center, on behalf of existing owners Cheney Mathes and The Retail Connection.

HOUSTON-Tom King comes to the commercial real estate firm from Forward Marketing.

PHOENIX-Experts tell GlobeSt.com that the bulk of the industrial leasing and build-to-suit activity in 2012 came from users requiring less than 100,000 square feet.