GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-ProLogis sells a 42,000-sf, institutional-grade flex building to a local investor with a broker whose cold-call turned into a sale. The class A building has six tenants, no lease roll for several years and upside in a 13,808-sf vacancy.

DALLAS-One Network Enterprises sets up shop in 12,673 sf of as-is space with $25,000 of furniture and systems, taking the class A build-out for the balance of the Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co.'s term at Granite Tower.

DALLAS-The landmark project--the 216-room Ritz-Carlton and 70-unit "Residences"--will break ground in spring 2005, bringing the hallmark chain's first flag to the state and its first residential development west of the Mississippi River.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-GAS International slides into 75,223 sf and Anvil International gets comfortable in 60,000 sf, both taking as-is space for the long term in office/warehouses less than a mile apart.

ARLINGTON, TX-A local private investor gets the 93%-occupied Carriage Park Apartments from a 12-year partnership based in Fort Worth. The $3.5-million loan, with an 80% loan-to-cost ratio, is channeled through Fannie Mae's 9 + 1 program.

PLANO, TX-Direct Development spins a 10-year anchor renewal within 10 business days to acquire the 175,000-sf Creekwalk Shopping Center before a locked-in interest rate expires and scuttles the deal.

IRVING, TX-The REIT is hawking one of four Embassy Suites in Minneapolis and its lone holding in Ohio. The key bait for the no-minimum ask is unencumbered management at the 216-room Minneapolis Downtown and 268-room Cleveland Downtown.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-Builders FirstSource fills the last available space at 1750 Westpark Dr., a 426,464-sf building in the Upper Great Southwest. The long-term signing allows the door maker to practically double its space.