DALLAS-UT-Southwestern Medical School and the Certus Group cap a year of talking for wet lab space to launch its Cytogenetics research. UT signs a five-year lease for Research Row Biolabs. The lab rolls out in January 2003.

DALLAS-UT-Southwestern Medical School and the Certus Group cap a year of talking for wet lab space to launch its Cytogenetics research. UT signs a five-year lease for Research Row Biolabs. The lab rolls out in January 2003.

DALLAS-The Cobblestone Apartments near Central Expressway attract 17 offers. The winner is a Dallas investment group with institutional backing from the northeast. The asking price was $18.5 million or $3.5 million more than its assessment.

DALLAS-The well-liked J. Reagan Dixon says he's the next cost-cutting move at Cawley Wilcox. He effectively has laid himself off after convincing his colleagues that it's the responsible thing to do. Today is his last day on the job.

DALLAS-The repositioning expert spends just under $2 million for the deed to an

FORT WORTH-After four months of sitting empty, a class A office spot in the Mercantile Plaza is a hub of activity again. Verizon has subleased the space to American Administrative Group. The contract is good through April 2008.

DALLAS-Marsh & McLennan Cos. stamp 2002's second-largest office lease for the Dallas CBD. Brokers say the 12-year lease was complex to structure because take-downs are being done in three stages over the next five years.

GARLAND, TX-The 8 1/2-acre property along Broadway Boulevard fell under contract within two weeks of coming to market. A retail neighbor pays within $250,000 of the asking price to claim the high-profile site.