ADDISON, TX-Regency Centers lets go of an 87%-leased center after a 19-month hold in its second year-end sale of a Dallas/Fort Worth property. The deed goes to the high bidder, whose affiliate had been in line when the asset first swapped.

DALLAS-Chaunl Motorcycles USA Ltd. lights 17,196 sf in Northgate II and a second prospect is nearing the finish line for 8,852 sf. The lion's share of the office/warehouse has been empty nearly a year.

DALLAS-National Telesystems holds tight to 7,387 sf of tech space in a street-fronting building for the Northwest Service and Tech Center. The five-year tenant, credited with jumpstarting the park's turnaround, pledges to stay another five years.

DALLAS-The footwear retailer, with three store brands under wing, picks up seven large boxes from Just for Feet.

DALLAS-Hughes & Luce partners sign a 10-year renewal at Bank One Center after a lengthy workout of legalese with the JV owners and its lender. The renewal, inked three years early in the waning days of December, carries terms retroactive to May 2004.

MESQUITE, TX-Milano Hat Co. will buy 4.3 acres in early this month from the Baptist Foundation, opening the door to a Q1 groundbreaking for a headquarters and manufacturing building. The all-in cost is tagged at nearly $4 million.

DALLAS-The 23,414-sf, 11-building package is being renovated and re-tenanted by a local investment group, with its shirtsleeves now rolled up for the job. The buildings, ranging from 1,000 sf to 3,500 sf, have an assessed valuation of nearly $334,000.

DALLAS-Monty Standifer returns after five years to lead the chain out of bankruptcy.