IRVING, TX-The logistics provider inks another short-term lease in a continuation of a market evaluation. For now, Nippon Express USA is holding tight to 8065 Tristar Dr., a build-to-suit some seven years ago for the firm. The new deal kicks in Oct. 1.

DENISON, TX-The city pays $725,000 for the 85,000-sf building on 62 acres and will spend $1.8 million to renovate it for a 10-year tenant who's looking to occupy Jan. 1. Seller ConAgra shut down the plant three years ago.

FORT WORTH-Will Martin bids adieu to NAI Stoneleigh Huff Brous McDowell and heads to Woodmont, where he and his college friend, Benjamin Browne, will co-lead an initiative to build the firm's office trade.

DALLAS-Tony Kalantari of Austin Property Management places debt against an 84,000-sf, free and clear retail asset that he repositioned in Dallas to build "a war chest" for buying properties in his hometown.

DALLAS-Two law firms expand and take over the balance of the 48th floor in the 1.7-million-sf Renaissance Tower, where the legal field accounts for 35% of the tenant base. A third law firm re-ups 12,062 sf on the 44th floor.

PLANO, TX-The diocese hopes to close in December on the 280,000-sf building and 47.5 acres, making a longstanding dream become reality for a fifth Catholic high school in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If all passes muster, construction could start in 16 months.

DALLAS-The firm puts every class A building in the Dallas CBD, Uptown and Central Expressway under the magnifying glass and mulls over a build-to-suit in Las Colinas before deciding to hold onto the keys for another 12 years at Bank One Center.

WESTLAKE, TX-Wells Fargo Bank Texas signs a seven-year renewal in a deal that took longer than usual to clear as decision-makers toyed with expansion and then ended up signing a lease with one floor less in the class A Solana.