FT. WORTH-Woodmont Co. acquires a real estate development company and 42,000-sf center in new territory, the Pacific Northwest. The drive brings a 183,320-sf expansion to a retail center in Missoula, MT while talks are ongoing with other prospects.

DALLAS-Panattoni Development's Dallas team is raring to go on the first phase to its 450-acre Mountain Creek Business Park now that a tenant's in hand. Jack in the Box signs for 105,000 sf. Ground breaks in November.

ROCKWALL, TX-A 16.3-acre land buy jumpstarts a 122,661-sf retail project that marks a first in a Dallas suburb for Florida-based Regency Centers and Tom Thumb. The center will be built on "a going home corner." But don't look for a groundbreaking until 2003.

DALLAS-The Dallas teams of Staubach Co. and Perkins & Will get two new leaders in the southwest. Staubach's 14-year vice president, Scott T. Collier, snags a senior vice presidency of the firm's corporate services division.

LAS COLINAS, TX-Precept Builders of Dallas revs up crews for an $8.2-million, 155,000-sf finish-out for New York City-based Accenture. The 10-month schedule at Williams Square in Las Colinas drives an office consolidation for 2,000 DFW workers.

DALLAS-The North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors pays tribute to 142 years of service. Two high-profile players get inducted into the Hall of Fame while Henry S. Miller Jr. gets the first lifetime achievement accolade for 63 years of mentoring.

DALLAS-First Allied Corp., headquartered in Rochester, NY, acquires its first Texas holdings, selecting retail centers in the Dallas suburbs of Allen and Plano. Today Realty Advisers Inc. and Weber & Co. are the sellers of the 168,773-sf combined package.

DALLAS-The DFW region wrestles with the highest amount of sublease space in the nation, nearly eight million sf at Q3's close, says Grubb & Ellis. Add in the 39.2 million sf that's currently vacant and 8.3 million sf under construction and the mercury's dangerously high.