DALLAS-Highland Village lands a leading area executive as an economic development consultant. Julian P. Barry gets a new president. Macfarlan hires a senior controller. Staubach adds a board member and Transwestern promotes five.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-Westwood Residential of Dallas crosses the finish line in 45 days for the 436-unit Towns of Riverside, a premier property locked up twice by other would-be buyers. Westwood steps in to close the deal at a 7.8% market cap rate.

DALLAS-After shopping the market for nearly five months, Stamford, CT-based XL America says its regional office stays put at 2725 Turtle Creek Blvd. The 281,000-sf mid-rise won the nod from a short list of four.

DALLAS-Olympus and RealFoundations team to sway the construction industry to swap clipboards for Blackberries and Palms and a software program that they hope will become an industry standard for monitoring projects.

CARROLLTON, TX-RealPage of Carrollton and the Lane Co. of Atlanta pen a five-year contract for a phased-in implementation of its OneSite suite of products. The first phase will be in place in three months for the owner of about 160 complexes in 11 states.

IRVING, TX-Twinrose Investments of Dallas, formed about 18 months ago, buys three non-contiguous buildings, fully leased to national retailers, in Regency Center's MacArthur Park, using a $7.3-million acquisition loan to make the close.

CANTON, TX-The 15-year-old Crescent Apartments sell at a current cap rate of 10.9% in a Marcus & Millichap-brokered deal. The buyer gets a 93%-occupied complex without deferred maintenance and a setting ripe for a rent hike.

DALLAS-The retailer will shutter 54 locations in Texas, the largest hit by any state in the 326-store shutdown. When the dust settles, it will be discovered most are leased locations, with backfilling more complicated because there are multiple building owners.