ARLINGTON, TX-The city manager and the team will begin exclusive negotiations while the Arlington chamber starts crunching numbers to see if an instant replay for city financing on a sports project is a good investment. Council has until Aug. 17 to decide.

DALLAS-Terry Lowrey is president and Brad Camp, chairman and majority owner, of Creststone Development Services. Camp, also president of Westwood Management, and Lowrey kick off the plan amid talks for land north of Dallas and clients for spec projects.

DALLAS-Mike Silliman is working his last week at Crescent and readying for the job as sidekick to Maguire's partner in Dallas. The immediate challenge is a 400,000-sf, class A block in the 900-acre Solana, with 300 available for development over the long term.

DALLAS-Karim Sachedina marks his third week as executive vice president of operations by setting out on a whirlwind property tour. In Dallas, another industry veteran, Julie A. Reigle, is grooming her plan as vice president of sales and marketing.

ARLINGTON, TX-The travel network re-ups 14,824 sf and gets a first option on part of a floor due to be vacated in October. If the plan materializes, Best Fares will end up with two full floors in a four-story office building with a 100%-leased track record.

DALLAS-A first-time teaming of Staubach Retail, Presidio Financial and iStar Financial gets off to a strong start with a $167-million purchase of 21 vehicle dealerships in six states. If all goes as planned, an IPO is waiting in the wings.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-The Omaha-based mail processor cuts an 84-month deal as a backfill with no downtime for one-third of Regency I, an office/warehouse situated two blocks from the interstate. The lease will team two metroplex operations by mid-August.

COPPELL, TX-Duke's one vacancy in 4.4 million sf pulls the trigger on a two-building addition to Freeport North Business Park. If the call is right, the estimated $10-million project will deliver right in time for an industrial market uptick.