DALLAS-This year's project delivers a teen room to the Clint W. Murchison Jr. Building in Oak Cliff. The Associate Leadership Council put in 1,300 volunteer, hands-on hours while TREC seeded the project with $29,000. New York Life is kicking in $40,000.

IRVING, TX-Bandera Partners and Crow Holdings break ground today on a 210 dock-door, state-of-the-art center on 23 acres of airport-leased land. The $12-million project is just the beginning for Bandera's industrial development plan.

DALLAS-The soft drink giant crafts a 10-year lease for Centura Tower, getting four full floors and part of another for the 400-employee regional office. To field the win, the building owner shaves the rate and fattens the TI allowance and concessions.

DALLAS-Rose Tree, a bedding and linens manufacturer to the stars, buys a building at the top of its "wish list" since the search began for a new HQ, showroom, manufacturing and warehouse site. The closed deal jumpstarts a plan to spend $2 per sf on a retooling.

DALLAS-Last year's rumor finally pans out as Philip C. Baker reopens his own shop with Russell Cosby as senior vice president and more top names most likely in tow. Magellan Commercial Realty will open doors Monday in Baker's longtime port, Las Colinas.

FRISCO, TX-With 57 acres now in hand, Duke Realty is planning its first office and retail development in Dallas/Fort Worth. The build-out plan's still being fine-tuned, but a 100,000-sf or 200,000-sf spec structure could be on-line by year's end.

GRAPEVINE, TX-A fast-paced deal turns keys within 45 days so a postal service contractor can go live today in a three-month-old spec office/warehouse. With deals pending on the 35,360-sf balance, Seefried Properties is planning to break ground again.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-A fully leased office/warehouse in the Upper Great Southwest passes to an Arkansas family trust in a sale/leaseback with an electrical contractor who sticks with 5,000 sf for another three years.