MESQUITE, TX-The Dallas buyer will do some rehab and then decide whether to chase the "for sale" condo market, in keeping with the neighborhood's original intent. For now, the plan is to upgrade and raise the 74 cents per sf rent.

ARLINGTON, TX-Arlington Orthopedic Associates ends three years of weighing all expansion options. To date, 2.6 acres are in hand and another two under contract for an estimated $7-million build-to-suit.

MESQUITE, TX-Europa Sports Products is moving into 37,800 sf at Eastpoint IV in Mesquite. The move is the first location in the South for the fitness supplements supplier, which occupies 100,000 sf in Charlotte, NC and Fresno, CA.

AUSTIN-Buls Hodge says another 469,000 sf of office space has been added to its biweekly sublease count. The extra space, though, can't take away the positive signs measured in second-quarter analyses by other brokerage firms.

IRVING, TX-Three of four class A office buildings break the region's 2002 price record in a five-week start-to-finish process. Wells REIT gets Nokia as a tenant for 8 1/2 years. CarrAmerica dovetails the sale with a 1031 Exchange.

DALLAS-Viscern changes its look and address with a seven-year contract for Prestonwood Tower in North Dallas. The firm's re-branding drives an exit from a 16,000-sf office that it's held for 15 years.

ARLINGTON, TX-Buyer Arman Aransen is putting a plan in motion to occupy three-fourths of the 4,500-sf building as leases roll over. One tenant gets to stay. As for the seller, he's looking to 1031 the proceeds.

DALLAS-AmeriSouth refinances four Dallas complexes as it readies for a triple acquisition in Dallas and Austin. The loans, provided by Cleveland's KeyBank, range from $2.4 million to almost $7 million.