RICHARDSON, TX-Omnicom International more than doubles its operations size with a move next door into ready-to-go space emptied about a year ago by Flextronics. The cell phone repair group commits to a five-year stay.

CARROLLTON, TX-In an off-market deal, Cohen Asset Management sells a 61%-leased, 356,855-sf office/warehouse after a 14-month hold. The value-add play puts AEW back in the driver's seat for an asset sold seven years ago by one of its funds.

MESQUITE, TX-The family partnership from Henderson, CA walks away with its first Texas deed in a face-off with four others pursuing the 94%-leased Central Park Apartments, which was on the market just two weeks for $8.4 million.

DALLAS-Touted as an Arts District value-add, the Hartford Building is on the market without an ask by a seller looking to hawk his only commercial holding on an as-is basis. The 174,707-sf building has 15 tenants holding leases with five-year terms or more.

IRVING, TX-Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones and Bandera Ventures break ground on a distribution center to consolidate activity on land with rail, air and road capabilities. The $5-million project, if successful, will lead the way for future development.

FLOWER MOUND, TX-The phased-in expansion begins in 30 days with a 198,000-sf addition to a 266,100-sf distribution center. But, that's just the beginning of an industrial plan to build another 1.4 million sf, now that another 55 acres have rolled into the till.

ROANOKE, TX-Armed with municipal abatements, Behr Process Corp. goes ahead with the land acquisition, getting 22.5 acres for a 400,000-sf paint factory and distribution center. Ground breaks in 30 days; delivery is summer 2005.

DALLAS-Donn R. Fuller and Herb Weitzman seal the deal a month after discussing the idea at a ULI dinner meeting. Fuller, whose last job was to sell ING Clarion's retail portfolio, brings a long roster of deep-pocketed investment contacts to the firm.