FORT WORTH-The first leg of the landmark agreement rolls $898.5 million for controlling interest in 5.6 million sf in three trophies in Dallas and Houston. If the plan stays on track, Crescent and JPMorgan Fleming sit down again this week for the balance.

DALLAS-Shea Commercial will start with 2525 McKinnon, a two-year-old, 109,000-sf, class A building with three tenants. The mid-rise conversion strategy targets key submarkets in Dallas and is being used to crack into New York City and Chicago.

DALLAS-AmeriVest comes up with the right offer after three tries and eight months of courtship for the 109,062-sf Hampton Court by guaranteeing the seller that he will hold onto leasing for the interim and the six-year property manager stays firmly in place.

FORT WORTH-With 10 offers rolling in within a week, the Boston seller taps a Dallas investment group to take over Normandale Place in the southwest submarket. The sale of the fully subsidized, fully leased asset closes with 1031 Exchange capital and a new loan.

ARLINGTON, TX-Customized Communications Inc. shifts from tenant to owner with the $1.6-million closing of 3401 Avenue East. The women's health marketing specialist gets expansion room and a few tenants to help foot the mortgage bill.

DALLAS-Four renewals, including one expansion, helps ease the pain from the September exit by American General Life Insurance Co. at 6363 Forest Park Rd. Despite the gain, there's work to do, including nailing a replacement for the building's name.

DALLAS-The Wharton team earns a $5,000 prize after besting 11 other top-ranked business schools in the nation. Harvard comes in second and Stanford takes third in a battle of the brains over a seven-page case study bundled by Goldman Sachs.

DALLAS-This single-entree chain, which sold 1.2 million chicken wings on Super Bowl Sunday, looks to open 125 units in 2005.