PLANO, TX-Granite Properties has started work on the 369,000-sf, 14-story Granite Park Three. The project, bearing a July 2006 delivery, includes a parking garage and two-story, 50,000-sf building with room for retail and more office space.

RICHARDSON, TX-Fossil Inc. has a team on the streets to find immediate expansion space and plot out a solution for the future to keep pace with annual growth. The leader says a "for sale" sign went up on the corporate-owned campus when the chase began.

ADDISON, TX-JPMorgan Asset Management, acting for institutional investors, sets up an 80-20 partnership with CarrAmerica for the 984,254-sf Colonnade I, II and III, a 90%-leased, class A asset that reels in $166 per sf for seller, Equity Office Properties Trust.

ADDISON, TX-JPMorgan Asset Management, acting for institutional investors, sets up an 80-20 partnership with CarrAmerica for the 984,254-sf Colonnade I, II and III, a 90%-leased, class A asset that reels in $166 per sf for seller, Equity Office Properties Trust.

DALLAS-One hotelier's "non-core assets" are another's steppingstone to a geographically and product-balanced portfolio. The hoteliers have spent nearly four months working out the details to an all-cash deal for 30 hotels with 4,328 rooms in 16 states.

COPPELL, TX-The publicly traded company adds 15,956 sf in a long-term, stair-stepped pact for Gateway Business Center to make room for a recently acquired health-care contractor. The deal gets a green light because another tenant agrees to shave some space.

COPPELL, TX-The publicly traded company adds 15,956 sf in a long-term, stair-stepped pact for Gateway Business Center to make room for a recently acquired health-care contractor. The deal gets a green light because another tenant agrees to shave some space.

DALLAS-The locally based Ashford will add 4,328 rooms of various Marriott brands to round out its full-service portfolio with select-service and extended-stay hotels. More details will be forthcoming, but the plan keeps Marriott in place as the manager.