HOUSTON-Weingarten Realty has acquired another southeastern US shopping center and one that marks its ownership inroad into North Carolina. It already has a development partnership and Raleigh office up and running. Logically, it's time to start buying.

DALLAS-Clearview Investments is exiting Arlington for the upscale Uptown area of Turtle Creek in Dallas. The real estate investment company has signed for 10,783 sf at CarrAmerica's Cedar Maple Plaza, setting a Sept. 1 move-in.

DALLAS-The well-known Ka Cotter and Elysia Holt Ragusa have new roles at the Staubach Co., where they will be directing a realignment of services. The move, says chairman and CEO Roger Staubach, will enhance corporate clients' needs.

HOUSTON-Tranwestern Commercial Services' Houston office is up and running on a new leasing assignment in the city's south central submarket. The 653,533-sf contract is for the eight-building Main Park Service Center and Main Park Distribution Center.

DALLAS-Houston and Dallas office leasing looks better than Austin. It's not a great year, say brokers, but it's stabilized somewhat from the downturn in the first quarter. Houston is the state's most energized market thus far in the 2001 space race.

ADDISON, TX-Legacy Partners, based in California, has teamed with Citigroup and Dallas' REOC Corp. to buy the 292 Bent Tree Court and 204-unit Bent Tree Gardens in Addison. An unidentified REIT collects a little more than $21 million in the deal.

HOUSTON-Tranwestern Commercial Services' Houston office is up and running on a new leasing assignment in the city's south central submarket. The 653,533-sf contract is for the eight-building Main Park Service Center and Main Park Distribution Center.

GARLAND, TX-Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust is off and running on a $30-million, 944,000-sf spec project on the last large developable tract in Garland's northeast submarket. And, says the regional VP, a large user pact is close to a signing.