FORT WORTH-The Fort Worth Housing Finance Corp. and Hearthside Development pass muster on a near $9.7-million loan for another seniors housing project. The Villas at Eastwood Terrace will deliver in June 2003.

DALLAS-JPI, Morse Co. and RealEstateJobs.com round out their Dallas-Fort Worth teams with some changes. Carol Peddy is JPI's divisional senior vice president and property management partner and Richard L. Buford heads to the Morse Co.

FORT WORTH-A two-year expansion plan will bring 13 new stores, 16 new fuel centers and eight remodels. Most new locations are in hand, but the grocer isn't ignoring the opportunity with the soon-to-be-vacated Winn-Dixie windfall.

ARLINGTON, TX-A Los Angeles investment group spends $4.9 million for the 200-unit Tivoli Gardens along Arkansas Lane in Arlington. Eight offers were put on the table for the 28-year-old holding assessed at $3.5 million.

PLANO, TX-Lincoln Property Co. sells a high-end retail project to an entity of Clearview Investments, a boutique firm with deep-pocketed backers. The 112,389-sf design center, about two years old, was the first retailer to roll out in the tony Shops at Legacy.

DALLAS-Months of bargaining end early next week when Mack-Cali sells four of six Dallas-Fort Worth office buildings to Brookview Partners. The buyer's savvy talking delivers a selling price that's $6.5 million less than the quartet's assessed value and $1 milion below a recent appraisal.

DALLAS-Staubach Retail Services takes a minority interest in Fort Worth's Buxton research company and Dallas' Davaco, formerly Fixture Perfect International. In turn, they get minority interest in Staubach Retail.

DALLAS-This year, La Quinta completes its transformation from health-care REIT to lodging industry player. Talks apparently are under way for the balance of the health-care facilities and 16 targeted hotels. Most proceeds will feed an acquisitions pool.