DALLAS-The Atlanta-based hotelier pays more than $5 million for the 112-room Dallas North Hawthorn Suites at 18470 N. Dallas Parkway. The 10-year-old chain is expanding through acquisitions instead of building, as it has done in the past.

FORT WORTH-Dollar General, with 170 locations in Dallas-Fort Worth, signs for centers in Fort Worth and the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch. They are part of a 1,200-store portfolio boost for this year and 2003.

DALLAS-The metroplex retail market is growing, but it's mostly the same old gang pushing a new building strategy. As for the state of the market, the Weitzman Group says occupancy is down a tad, rent is flat, but supply and demand are balanced.

FRISCO, TX-Henry S. Miller Development acquires the second hard corner at a main thoroughfare in Frisco. The plan is to simultaneously roll out 300,000 sf of retail in a race to be the first to cross the finish line in Frisco.

DALLAS-The metroplex retail market is growing, but it's mostly the same old gang pushing a new building strategy. As for the state of the market, the Weitzman Group says occupancy is down a tad, rent is flat, but supply and demand are balanced.

BALCH SPRINGS, TX-Work has begun on a 30-acre, 296-unit multifamily development. Hall Financial Group kicks in the last of the cash, $2.2 million, for a minimum 12% current return and 18% all-in return.

ARLINGTON, TX-The Florida private investor gets what she was looking for--real estate in Arlington. The transaction closes with proceeds from a sale in Austin and an $835,000 loan from First Savings Bank in Arlington, says a broker.

DALLAS-Samuel P. Moore, a prominent Texas businessman, joins Staubach's board of directors while three hires settle into roles at Holliday Fenoglio Fowler and FirstWorthing. Crescent promotes Joe E. Dobbs.