LEWISVILLE, TX-Huffines Communities has begun the second phase of its 90-acre Hebron 121 Station near the Denton County Transit Rail Station, which will add 444 units to the planned total of 1,700.

DENVER—Holland Partners Group, Vancouver, has secured a $38 million loan to fund the purchase of Monterey Heights, a 332-unit garden-style complex in suburban Denver. The complex is 93 percent occupied.

LOS ANGELES—Transwestern has added a Structured Finance group to its Los Angeles office. Heading up the firm's new group are Steven Orchard and Michelle Lee.

LAS VEGAS, NV—The newly-renovated Tropicana Las Vegas, now a DoubleTree by Hilton, opened today. Improvements totaling $200M include 1,500 newly renovated guest rooms and suites, four restaurants, a spa, an entertainment complex.

GARLAND—AVG Partners acquired the 85,000-square-foot Shiloh Square Shopping Center, .Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the Dallas Central Appraisal District valued the property at $6 million.

FORT WORTH—Investors have purchased Hulen Fashion Center, a 181,000-square-foot retail center near the city's Hulen Mall. The group bought the property with the help of a $7.17 million loan.

SAN DIEGO—Construction has begun on the third phase of the County Operations Center and Annex redevelopment, according to the project's developer, Lowe Enterprises. The 118,500 square foot Registrar of Voters Headquarters will be built to LEED standards, and the price tag is an estimated $73 million

BEVERLY HILLS, CA—Kennedy Wilson has added to the existing financing on the 615-unit multifamily complex acquired in 2010. Financing on Summer House now totals $90.2 million.