GARLAND, TX-First Industrial said it was on a short list for a single user at its 472,200-sf First Garland Business Park. Hillwood's doing the talking now that the deal's done to buy the site for a Shippers Warehouse distribution base for Kraft Foods.

DALLAS-A Q4 closing is planned to put Wyndham, in a 152-hotel disposition that began in 1999, at 98 assets sold and another 16 flagged with its name in a proprietary branding strategy. Westbrook will get 4,200 rooms, many in major US markets.

DALLAS-The borrower is Southwest Housing Development Corp. and the projects are 256 units in South Dallas and 280 units in Austin. Related Capital puts up $15 million in equity while its subsidiary finances $31 million in debt via bond investments.

DALLAS-Trademark Real Estate Development & Investments of Fort Worth is selling most of its retail portfolio. The plan is to harvest capital for more buys and a development pipeline. The investment climate is such that the package is predicted to bring top dollar.

DALLAS-Joshua Michael MacNamara is named senior vice president of corporate services at Henry S. Miller Commercial. Mark A. Solls is hired as executive VP and general counsel for Wyndham and Greg Lance becomes a senior broker at Mohr Partners.

IRVING, TX-VHA Inc. ends two years of decision wrestling by renewing and expanding in neighboring office buildings in the prestigious urban core. Key to the simultaneous class A signings are expansion options, now and down the road.

DALLAS-SLJ Co. of Dallas is waiting to see what happens with a controversial Wal-Mart plan near Love Field before making a decision about its latest buy--a 17,500-sf lot along Mockingbird Lane. The spot cost upward of $300,000.

FORT WORTH-The newest spot will be 9,900 sf at Lake Worth Center in Fort Worth. The discount variety retailer will open its doors just months before it takes the keys to a 603,000-sf distribution center going up across the Texas-Oklahoma border.