DALLAS-After 10 years on the 48th floor of Chase Tower in the downtown, the Billingsley Co. leaves the Dallas view for the green fields of its International Business Park. The headquarters will be in the 103,000-sf 4100 International Parkway.

DALLAS-Area brokers are pushing the market, closing seven leases for nearly 36,000 sf around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. And that's just a part of the new deals that have rolled in as late to keep optimism high and the market moving.

DALLAS-Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. possibly called its note against a Denver limited partnership for the 366,549-sf Three Forest Plaza. Street talk says "yes," but Foreclosure Listing Services says it hasn't passed its way as yet.

RICHARDSON, TX-Zyvex Corp. eyes an April 1 move-in to an extra 44,000 sf of research space and office space at its headquarters at 1321 N. Plano Rd. The local firm touts itself as the first molecular nanotechnology company.

DALLAS-The Morse Co. is accorded the William C. Jennings Award from the Texas Association of Realtors for a lease enabling Flextronics International to expand and consolidate in North Texas. WorkPlaceUSA wins again for its Mount Vernon project.

ARLINGTON, TX-Construction is under way on Falcon Lakes Apartments, thanks to a $13.7-million financing for 90% of the project cost. The 17.8-acre project is indicative of investors' burgeoning interest in the region's multifamily market.

IRVING, TX-The punch list is being checked and double checked for Las Colinas Highlands, an office project that broke ground in October 2000. Despite the slow market, Macfarlan's transactions director is confident it will be filled by year's end.

DALLAS-The Morse Co. is accorded the William C. Jennings Award from the Texas Association of Realtors for a lease enabling Flextronics International to expand and consolidate in North Texas. WorkPlaceUSA wins again for its Mount Vernon project.