HALTOM CITY, TX-Nine months after it was bought, the 100-unit Springdale Apartments in Haltom City pass muster for permanent financing. The repositioning severs HUD ties and secures a 10-year loan at 5.75 interest.

DALLAS-The third phase, if all goes as planned, should break ground in the spring in a Dallas industrial development with Interstate 35 visibility. Three new deals, totaling 43,800 sf, are driving the plans from the drawing board.

DALLAS-Cushman & Wakefield of Texas says there are a few bright spots in the 2002 recap even though the office market has 40 million sf sitting empty. Going forward, it's not all overcast and looking back, it wasn't all pain across the board.

DALLAS-The clock is ticking on the second extension in less than a month for a Dallas-based trio of companies working toward a merger. The last reported count had 1.15 million shares of Transcontinental tendered and 274,346 of Income Opportunity.

IRVING, TX-The Atlanta-based Internet marketplace will relocate in January to 122 W. Carpenter Freeway from 1425 Greenway in a move that triples the tenant's office space and boosts the class A building's occupancy to 88%.

ARLINGTON, TX-Care Now signs for the eight-year balance of a shuttered Hollywood Video building. The 6,656-sf conversion into a clinic has started. At another Arlington shopping center, a restaurateur takes 2,601 sf for five years for a wine bar and bistro.

DALLAS-The slug-it-out times of this year are going to continue well into 2003 for the Dallas-Fort Worth office market, say two of the region's seasoned executives. The New Year will be one of renewal...lease renewals, that is.

DALLAS-The slug-it-out times of this year are going to continue well into 2003 for the Dallas-Fort Worth office market, say two of the region's seasoned executives. The New Year will be one of renewal...lease renewals, that is.