GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-Marathon Coach, a sales and repair operator for customized tour buses, acquires a 14,105-sf building on four acres in Grand Prairie's corner of the Great Southwest Industrial Park. The sale was mortared in location, location, location.

DALLAS-Some are renewals, some are expansions and others, just plain new deals. The "bread and butter" leases reflect some measure of activity in a suburban market bearing a 20% vacancy overall and now ranked second highest in the US metro lineup.

GRAPEVINE, TX-A year of talking ends as Silver Lake Centre developers sign Craig Realty Group to steer an estimated $15-million retail component for the 52-acre, mixed-use project. The new player in town comes with a treasure chest of connections.

ARLINGTON, TX-Four tenants line up industrial locations from one end of Dallas-Fort Worth to the other. The biggest signing is in Arlington for a General Motors distributor, which goes from month-to-month to long term.

DALLAS-Rick Patterson, one of the leading forces behind AllianceTexas, exits the key role for an advisory position. Top-level changes also come down the pike at Henry S. Miller Commercial and JPI.

DALLAS-Fath Properties pays under $30 million for two class A complexes in Dallas' Uptown. Until now, the buyer's Dallas-Fort Worth plays were value-adds due to the region's buying history. That's changed with today's economic climate.

DALLAS-The plan is for Realty Resources to close its East Coast office and bring the executive director to Dallas. It's a "pure merger," GlobeSt.com is told, with both organizations bringing something to the party.

DALLAS-For the third consecutive month, Triad Dallas Properties makes the foreclosure list. Street talk says this time could be different. Sharing the limelight are mortgagers of 1,791 acres in northeast Tarrant County, three hotels and a shopping center.