COLLEYVILLE, TX-A 3,300-sf spec building and a 30,000-sf lot sale jumpstart the five-building Tivoli Office Park, a "for sale" or "for lease" suburban project with designs of 2,400 sf to 6,000 sf and a shared parking lot.

DALLAS-The office vacancy, now 26.8%, is the highest in a decade and the 2.5-million-sf backslide on absorption hits a historical high, according to C&W's Q2 report. It's just a temporary "back step" until Corporate America gains some ground, says the team.

FRISCO, TX-The 33,663-sf Tweeters Center, which sits at the Preston Road entrance to the 1.6-million-sf Stonebriar Centre, sells to a Portland, OR-based investor who's marking his fourth purchase with 1031 Exchange capital from a portfolio sale.

FARMERS BRANCH, TX-Custom Millwork Inc. has tripled the operations area with a long-term lease at a $3.45 per sf gross start for industrial space at 13777 Bee St. The custom finish-out company for restaurants took "as-is" space that it's now upgrading.

DALLAS-Ron Carey has returned to Texas after an eight-year stint in Florida, signing on as the senior investment officer for the Gulf/Mountain Region. He will steer First Industrial's "buy side" for five cities, where the goal is to spend $160 million.

DALLAS-Mike Hardage is closing the books on a near five-year career at Trammell Crow Co. in an exit that coincides but isn't tied to a series of personnel changes at the firm. It's time for a change, says the director of investment services.

DALLAS-ElkCorp tops off nearly a year of looking and talking by signing a long-term lease for a class A building in the same neighborhood. The firm now looks ahead to moving the headquarters from Wellington Centre to Corporate Centre.

DALLAS-Mike Hardage is closing the books on a near five-year career at Trammell Crow Co. in an exit that coincides but isn't tied to a series of personnel changes at the firm. It's time for a change, says the director of investment services.