DALLAS-The $23,000 per door price for the Willoughby Park Apartments at 8328 Willoughy Blvd. comes from a New York City-based investment group getting its second deed in less than three months as a first-time Texas buyer.

DALLAS-The National Center for Policy Analysis changes buildings a year early after signing a deal, 10 months in the making, for class A space in "as-is" condition that's been sitting empty for nearly a year.

DALLAS-Granite Properties buys its first industrial building in Dallas/Fort Worth while Centex sells its only industrial asset in Texas in a quiet disposition of its entire commercial portfolio. The deed that turns is the 228,200-sf Hilltop Business Center.

DALLAS-HSM Equity Partners kicks off a second shopping season for another half dozen properties after wrapping up a seven-month, $120-million buying spree. A closing nears for another Dallas asset while contracts also loom in San Antonio and Houston.

DALLAS-At month's end, Renaissance Tower's building owner drops to the 38th floor and turns over its half floor on the 52nd for finish-out for the Clouse Dunn Hirsch law firm. The tenant, signing seven-year, flat-rate lease, is planning a late spring move-in.

LEWISVILLE, TX-It's a lock, stock and barrel offering on a 168,335-sf suburban headquarters building, right down to the coffee machines and the forklifts. The exit push gets under way as a pair of tenants, whose leases expire in June, begin space shopping.

FRISCO, TX-Strasburger & Price gets the keys early in the second quarter to 13,500 sf in Hall Office Park to open a seventh office and the first outside a major metro. The flat-rate lease delivers a sixth-floor office in the eight-building park's largest class A structure.

DALLAS-Las Vegas tycoon Robert Bigelow plays a hunch for a Texas exit, bringing out a 3,996-unit, class A package with 11 Budget Suites of America hotels. His plan is to parlay the proceeds into traditional multifamily product on the West Coast.