PLANO, TX-Harrington Place in Plano secures a three-year bridge loan for Dallas' Harwood International. The borrowing entity. TGALMA, gets the capital from First American Bank in a Holliday Fenoglio Fowler-structured deal.

DALLAS-Within 30 days, JDN Realty Corp. will unlock the door to its first Dallas office. The 6060 N. Central Expressway location will be the nerve center for six DFW projects in various stages, including some 2002 expansions.

DALLAS-The most talked-about lease in 2001 gets a start in 2002 as the all-star cast works toward a June construction launch. Ziegler-Cooper Architects of Houston will release plans in May as Bovis Lend Lease's Irving team gears up for the job.

DALLAS-Building owners and tenants alike are looking for innovative cost-cutters to keep business growing until economic stimuli take firm root, says Deloitte & Touche. Many firms are scaling back on the maintenance side to deliver the savings.

DALLAS-The Staubach Co. in Dallas gets a lucrative contract to hawk 650,000 sf that's not living up to expectations. Ohio leads the pack with four stores ticketed for shutdown. Inquiries are rolling in, but no hard negotiations have begun.

ADDISON, TX-The Blue Grove Plaza in Lancaster gets a 9,000-sf lease while Denton Shopping Center along University Drive opens doors on a 10,000-sf store. The close-out home furnishings retailer is signing five-year leases in its expansion drive.

DALLAS-Greg Trout gets promoted to president of the office/industrial division while Mark Skinner exits Bradford Cos. to be vice president and manager of a new Great Southwest Division. The Arlington office could be open by week's end.

MESQUITE, TX-In 30 days, Canyon Partners and JDN Realty will have pre-leased and sold all pad sites for the 266,000-sf Marketplace at Town Centre, the first power center project in nearly 15 years in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite.