FORT WORTH-The two team on a 178,392-sf flex warehouse building developed 14 years ago by Trammell Crow Co. The Johnson & Johnson property, listed at $5.5 million, comes with an extra 9.5 acres of developable land in CentrePort Business Park.

DALLAS-The hotelier makes it official, naming Alan L. Tallis as president of the franchising programs for La Quinta and Baymont. The executive team takes seats with a 2005 franchise plan to add 25 more Baymonts and 50 La Quintas.

McKINNEY, TX-A Spokane, WA investor, buying for the first time in Texas, pays more than $200 per sf for the fully leased Forest Crossing center, agreeing to keep the seller and developer in place to manage the holding.

DALLAS-Come Jan. 1, Davaco Inc., a leading provider of retail services and solutions, will light two floors at 6688 N. Central Expressway, cutting a seven-year deal that triggered a heated pursuit for a company looking to double its headquarters space.

GARLAND, TX-A Mission Residential partner says pre-emptive strikes are the only way to rapidly build a portfolio for a new brand aimed at the TIC marketplace. The 236-unit Brambletree Apartments, now Mission Spring Creek, is the first of 1,000 units to close.

DALLAS-The retailer gets aggressive in the rollout of a 35,000-sf prototype, targeting the Southwest US for the change-out strategy of older stores.

FORT WORTH-Ruth Buzzi and Kent Perkins, who own a home in nearby Southlake, turn around gain from a Los Angeles sale to acquire Lincoln Village from a foreign investment group ending a seven-year hold. The deal closes at about $2.5 million.

DALLAS-TCC's Phil Puckett and Anthony Fritsche take the prize after every top brokerage house joins in the play to unseat Grubb & Ellis from the corporate account for the restaurateur's 60-office network in the US.