DALLAS-Rainier Capital Management, with 15 TIC investors at its side, pays roughly $10 million for a new 35,485-sf medical office building in the suburbs in an ongoing pact with Trammell Crow Co., United Surgical Partners International and Baylor Health Care.

DALLAS-The 1998 record will soon be history, with $1.1 billion of class A assets already sold and another 10 to 15 on the closing docket. With record prices, it's a foregone conclusion that the Dallas momentum will continue long after 2005 begins.

IRVING, TX-Direct Logistics taps the 48,000-sf balance left by the Dallas Cowboys' merchandising unit when its signing kicked off the Foreign Trade Zone development. The class A project's on track for a January delivery.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-Dayton Richmond, signing a five-year pact, gets expansion space at a market rate in a hotly chased deal for the Great Southwest Industrial District. The firm will move right down the street by year's end.

DALLAS-About 250 multifamily professionals from all walks of the industry get a glimpse into what's making Texas tick this year and what to watch next year. While Dallas and Houston struggle, San Antonio and Austin are basking in the sun.

IRVING, TX-Bank of America gives a high sign to its second renewal in less than a week. This time, the bank holds tight to five full floors for another 65 month at a 10-year address in Las Colinas Tower II.

DALLAS-The IPC US REIT, trying for awhile to buy in Dallas and Houston, will close its first deal by month's end, getting an 844,000-sf, class A office building with a couple failed contracts in its closet. Part of the deal is a 15% flip to locally based PNL Cos.

DALLAS-A West Coast syndicate of 10 high net-worth investors jump at an off-market chance to buy nine centers, totaling 150,000 sf of class A space, from St. Ives Realty.