PLANO, TX-Exide Technologies of Lombard, IL will use an 18,094-sf office-warehouse spot in Plano Tech Center Building 2 for a divisional headquarters and distribution site. The lease signing ends a 10-month search for a Telecom Corridor location.

DALLAS-The keys to the 105-unit Sheffield Manor in Dallas' Vickery section are turned over to a Houston investor, who owns another multifamily property along Gaston Avenue. And, he's counting the days to another buy.

PEORIA, AZ-The 96,076-sf Arrowhead Fountains in the metro's northwest corridor heralds the start of a class A and B buying strategy by Denver-based AmeriVest Properties. Arrowhead Fountains sells for about $12.8 million as plans get fine-tuned for another closing in December.

PHOENIX-Netwest Development of Tucson relinquishes assisted living centers in Tucson and Green Valley, with debtors walking away with $17.2 million in cash from a San Diego-based buyer. Three low-income projects and 109 acres are up for sale in a Chapter 11 turn-around effort.

DALLAS-Four hotel properties get foreclosure notices while others quiver on the edge. Some hotels have closed all or part of their operations. And, the big rumor is Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts is looking to sell. Fact or fiction, the reality is a shakeout has begun.

RENO, NV-Dermody Properties officially takes a final bow in a name change to DP Partners. The leading Reno industrial developer makes the switch as it undertakes a series of spec projects in the East and Midwest and lines up a buyer for 100 acres in Chandler, AZ.

PHOENIX-Diamante Property Services lines up three more tenants for suburban Phoenix centers while Prudential Financial opts to close a Dallas office and bring the functions home to the Camelback Corridor. Some Dallas workers get to home office with the shift.

FT. WORTH-Ground breaks on an 81-acre sister development to a 94-acre industrial project in Tarrant County. RDS Investments leads the group of investors backing the dual developments delivering small product for smaller service-type businesses.