DALLAS-The Dallas-Ft. Worth CBDs are vulnerable, say Texas executives. But, they say, don't blame Sept. 11. Tenant exits are tied to better parking conditions, ready freeway access and somewhat better rent in buildings of the same caliber.

PRESCOTT, AZ-Westcor Development's under-construction Prescott Gateway snags another national retailer. The power center is now 82% pre-leased and enough deals are in the pipeline that it could be close to 100% by the March opening.

DALLAS-In March, well-known mortgage banker and commercial real estate lender, "Bud" Malone, and his 38 employees make their first headquarters move in the firm's 11-year history. Malone has signed for 15,000 sf at Preston Commons East.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Ground breaks Jan. 19 on 2.18 acres for a 1,000-member organization that includes state and federal law enforcement agencies, the military and civilians. Three years of planning have gone into the tactical training facility.

PHOENIX-Average selling prices are down for office buildings and vacancy is up, but still nobody is fleeing the market, says a Grubb & Ellis vice president. The firm's annual forecast predicts this year's market will resemble 2001 and hold that way until 2003.

DALLAS-Veterans Wayne Swearingen and King Laughlin have the time, the investors and probably the inside track. A $16-million deal took two years to get to the closing table. Roughly a dozen more, inside and outside Texas, are being massaged.

DALLAS-Steven J. Kaplan, James E. Melson and Lynn Newman join forces as S/RI Partners. The Dallas-based consultants say they are in the right place at the right time with the right knowledge to steer intellectual property decisions and management.

RICHARDSON, TX-Avaya Inc., headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ, takes 107,000 sf in the newly completed Creekview Corporate Center II. That and a signing by Sony Pictures shows the mettle of the Telecom Corridor, the region's hardest hit office submarket.