FORT WORTH-Hillwood, with just 3% of its North Texas inventory empty, is getting ready for the predicted 2003 rebound. A record-breaking 4.4 million sf in done deals is the catalyst for two current projects and one on the way.

DALLAS-The on-off deal for 2100 McKinney finally hits the closing table. The winner from a field of five, CDI/East, marks a return to Texas after a four-year hiatus. It's also the first purchase in a portfolio expansion fueled by a $600-million pool.

DALLAS-The North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors has named Brian O'Boyle of O'Boyle Properties Inc. as the 2002 Stemmons Service Award. Nominees are selected for tenure, professional and civic involvement, production and ethics.

CEDAR HILL, TX-Weber & Co. and Today Realty Advisors get ready to move ahead on the 345,000-sf Pleasant Run Towne Center, a project that's been two years in the making. Five anchors are waiting in the wings.

DALLAS-The latest word from Marcus & Millichap is private investors, not REITs or institutions, are the wheelers and dealers in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Their hunger for class B and C has the median selling price at $77 per sf, up $2.50 from 2001.

CARROLLTON, TX-Wiedenbrenner Marketing Association doubles its office space in a relocation from Plano to International Parkway in Carrollton. The tenant was in the market for just a short time when it signed for the 2002-delivered space.

DALLAS-The bottom line was one million sf of overall negative absorption. Still, vacancy is 9% for the 632.1-million-sf inventory. The Q3 engines are the DFW Airport and Alliance Airport, the only submarkets with positive rent growth and absorption.

DALLAS-Family Dollar Stores' Southwest US builder spends in the mid-$400,000 range for about 2.5 acres in the upscale Highland Village neighborhood. The plan is to build a 21,000-sf strip center anchored by the discount retailer.