GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-The land's been in hand since late June. Now, it's time to talk about the plan: a four-building industrial project on 43.24 acres near the DFW airport. A 500,000-sf first phase could launch in Q1 2003.

DALLAS-It's no secret that retail rules in Dallas-Fort Worth. The latest flurry ropes six inbound retailers and a renewal from a 10-year tenant at shopping centers in Dallas, Grand Prairie, Irving and Fort Worth.

DALLAS-Archon's Genisus Dallas North pushes ahead on residential and retail plans for the 88-acre former mall site. The extras to the empty 1.3-million-sf tech center are made possible with a $3.5 million road extension, which opens today.

DALLAS-A Dallas CBD tenant will move from temporary space into 16,668 sf at Occidental Tower while a suburban tenant heads closer to town, coming from the far north to Park Central I and a 6,823-sf office.

DALLAS-Those in the trade know the names: Don Ostroff and Will Balthrope. The new C&W directors will be leading a Texas play, but what name that play takes raises a question for one 11-year Dallas veteran. It's a non-issue, however, says C&W.

MANSFIELD, TX-The 50-acre Mansfield Towne Crossing has the money and soon will have enough signed leases to start work on the 118,740-sf project. Weber & Co. and Today Realty Advisors are the developers of the suburban center.

DALLAS-The loan is a five-year, fixed-rate, interest-only product at a spread above the US Treasury. Borrowers like the terms and investors like the capital refuge with a guaranteed return while they wait out the recovery.

DALLAS-Ginsberg, Brusilow & Wright will add 3,000 sf at Signature Place I while shifting from two suites into one. The seven-term lease carries a Nov. 1 move-in. The office space went dark just two weeks ago in an early termination.