DALLAS-The region's only foreclosure market watcher says the increased numbers are no real cause for alarm because the properties are not the cream of the crop in the five county-region. Still, the year-to-date analysis is 25% higher than last year's total.

MINNEAPOLIS-NorthMarq Capital and Legg Mason Real Estate Services sign the final documents in Philadelphia, wedding the two as promised to turn the Minneapolis-based giant into the nation's third largest commercial real estate investment banking firm.

FORT WORTH-The capital would repay the JV partners for their longtime layout to AmeriCold Logistics, a one-time revenue drain that's on the road to recovery. If the capital can be had, Crescent says it will be deployed for strategic office JVs.

COLLEYVILLE, TX-Realty Capital Partners pools the investors for a buy-in of about $25,000 each for the acquisition from sister company, Realty Capital Corp., a merchant builder who had the five-building Colleyville Square on the open market.

IRVING, TX-The insurance company will move into 16,500 sf of class A-plus office space in November. The latest lease for the East Tower pushes 2003 activity to about 180,000 sf with more on the way for the 1.4-million-sf complex.

DALLAS-The Dallas sellers turn over 12 acres and the one-time "home to the stars" to Home Depot while holding onto nearly seven acres for about 60,000 sf of big box retail development. Closed in recent weeks, the Bronco Bowl will topple in the coming weeks.

DALLAS-The Dallas investor uses 1031 Exchange proceeds for a cash down payment on a $1.8-million acquisition shouldering a $1.1-million HUD loan assumption for a 34-year-old, 98%-leased complex in the Pleasant Grove area. It's the buyer's second purchase in two weeks.

GRAPEVINE, TX-A Minneapolis investor trades 1031 Exchange capital from a multifamily sale for an 86,940-sf retail center. The property went from mostly vacant to full in a three-year turnaround play.