DENTON, TX-Texas Instruments is happy, the University of North Texas is happy and so are two brokers who have been marketing a 553,000-sf factory and 277 acres for years. The selling price is hushed, but TI had been asking $22 million.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Wall Street Development lines up Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona to lease a two-building, class A project in North Scottsdale. A 46,976-sf office building is done and a 47,311-sf one is nearing completion.

DALLAS-It's Oscar time for the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors. The finalists for the 2001 Stemmons Award are Carey Cox of the Carey Cox Cos., Rick Hughes of C&W of Texas, Greg McDonald of the Weitzman Group and Brian O'Boyle of O'Boyle Properties.

PHOENIX-Heated competition for two vintage apartment complexes in Phoenix and Yuma get the sellers just about what they wanted. The 270-unit Camelback Cove baits 94% of its ask or about $9.6 million and the 176-unit River Park, 97 1/2% or about $7.8 million.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Gustine Properties, a familiar name in Pittsburgh, acquires its first holding in Scottsdale, says a source for the brokerage team involved in the deal. The firm gets a two-acre tract with a two-tenant center in the $2.3-million purchase.

DALLAS-Crescent Real Estate Equities' landmark Fountain Place in Dallas' CBD reaches 98% occupancy with a lease expansion by Wells Fargo Bank. The institution takes an extra 10,512 sf on the 44th floor and boosts its pact to 66,147 sf.

PHOENIX-Heated competition for two vintage apartment complexes in Phoenix and Yuma get the sellers just about what they wanted. The 270-unit Camelback Cove baits 94% of its ask or about $9.6 million and the 176-unit River Park, 97 1/2% or about $7.8 million.

DALLAS-Houston is the shining star in the Texas multifamily market trailed by Dallas-Ft. Worth as institutional investors scout for buys. Austin is only for the confident, but it's still on some players' radar screens. All three have projects and sales waiting in the wings.