SOUTHLAKE, TX-Terrabrook has hooked Dallas-based Granite Properties to be its office developer, marking the first deal for Aventerra and the first foray by Granite into Tarrant County. By year's end, the project's retail developer could be signed.

DALLAS-The 31-year-old Rogers-O'Brien Construction Co. of Dallas is named the contractor of the year for the region. The firm's high-profile projects include the Women's Museum, Neiman Marcus' newest location and Cisco's Richardson Development Center.

DALLAS-Tony Roma's is testing the waters of an express concept, opening its first international venue in Caracas. One already is on line in Portland, OR. The prototypes coincide with a Netherlands Antilles franchise pact for a minimum of three restaurants.

DALLAS-Corporate chiefs need to decentralize brain trusts despite consolidation pressures, says a Deloitte & Touche Fantus partner. IDRC participants get a sneak preview of a 2001 global expansion survey, now being updated due to the attacks.

DALLAS-Four retailers pull 60,214 sf from the retail market in long-term signings in Dallas and El Paso. One closing keeps the two-state retailer, Larry's Shoes, in place and jumpstarts a renovation on its two-decade-old location in North Dallas.

DALLAS-Three sales close in recent weeks, one of which puts a 7,727-sf office-flex building in Arlington into the hands of a private local investor. Others include an 11,000-sf industrial building in Dallas and about 2 1/2 acres in Forney for a storage center expansion.

DALLAS-A ballyhooed change is coming to market for Dallas-based Staubach Co. Key appointments create co-managing directors in financial services in Dallas and New York City. The big catch of the day is Thomas Lynn, who will lead an industrial push.

DALLAS-Corporate chiefs need to decentralize brain trusts despite consolidation pressures, says a Deloitte & Touche Fantus partner. IDRC participants get a sneak preview of a 2001 global expansion survey, now being updated due to the attacks.