DALLAS-Gillean Properties caps the turnaround of Chase Place, bought on the courthouse steps eight months ago, with a loan of nearly $3.8 million from Nomura Securities. The 30-year loan with a 10-year balloon locks in a 5.35% interest rate.

HASLET, TX-Williamson-Dickey gets about half of an empty distribution center at 201 Intermodal Parkway, formerly home to Maytag. With the main hub in northwest Tarrant County, the firm's extra space is close, immediate and located in an intermodal hub.

FORT WORTH-Kaplan Higher Education will open doors April 1 at 2001 Beach St., backfilling class B space vacated 18 months ago. The long-term lease makes the inbound tenant the largest on the roster, earning a building sign with freeway visibility.

FORT WORTH-Malone Mortgage Co. provides $16.3 million in financing to give a fresh start to St. Francis Village and end its 40-year struggle. The 40-year loan goes toward buying another 160 acres, building 148 units and renovating 298 cottages now in place.

DALLAS-A hotel industry source says Wyndham accepted $129 million for a package shopped pre 9-11 for "north of $200 million." The 2,249-room package has a value of a 17 EBITDA multiple. Now, experts' eyes are on the JV formed as a result.

CARROLLTON, TX-Valwood buildings get the lion's share of the industrial deals, some in newcomers to the market and some in relocations from Brookhollow. Two tenants are settling in while four more get keys in the coming weeks.

DALLAS-Marlow Industries packages just the right ingredients to sublease to Dr. Kracker: three months free rent, a discounted rate with three bumps and $105,000 toward the flex retrofit to ramp up production and replace the German supply chain.

DALLAS-USAA Real Estate Co. takes the first step in bringing out a large hotel co-investment fund by buying Wyndham's majority interest in a Doubletree-flagged, six-hotel portfolio in five states with a JV that started talking six months ago.