DALLAS-Winston Capital's new name, J. Scott Rodgers, hails from First Worthing and JPI. He will be steering the newly formed development company. The plan brings a closing in 60 days on a Central Dallas tract and a project start along Wycliff.

IRVING, TX-A Texas investment group acquires the five-acre holding from Stewart & Stevenson Realty. Standard Waste already moved into 75,000 sf while the owner's broker is close to signing a prospect for the balance.

DALLAS-FelCor pays off a $40-million balance on its credit line while finessing changes to get better footing when it's time to buy. Its metroplex neighbor, Wyndham, is wiping its brow after successfully trading above $1 for 30 days to stay on the NYSE.

LAS COLINAS, TX-A 12-year tenant stays in the Embassy after coming to an agreement for 12,776 sf of class B office space vacated last year by Fidelity Investments. Rimkus Consulting signs a seven-year lease, adds 5,000 sf and moves to the ninth floor.

WYLIE, TX-A Dallas investment group banks on the growing number of rooftops to attract the retailers. The commercially zoned acreage is a natural for retail, but don't rule out office product for a town situated between Dallas and the Red River.

DALLAS-Morris L. Orr re-hangs his shingle as an independent after leaving Kennedy-Wilson. Lissa E. Cooke settles into her new senior managing director's office at Newmark & Co. and Jeff Symes heads to FelCor Lodging Trust as a vice president and controller.

IRVING, TX-A 129,000-sf empty warehouse in the high-demand industrial corridor of Union Bower Road gets two tenants. The largest space taker, Arbor Contract Carpet, already is eyeing more space.

DALLAS-Nearly every pension fund adviser and industrial REIT put an offer on the table for the class A listing in Dallas-Fort Worth. RREEF collects the check from TIAA for about 1.2 million sf that has just 50,000 sf sitting empty.