HOUSTON-The 220-unit Madison Park in the city's Westchase submarket has pulled $23.5 million from Stone Post Properties of Hackensack, NJ. The seller is San Francisco-based SSR Apartment Value Fund LP.

HOUSTON-Chevron USA has taken an extra 46,000 sf of office space at 4 Houston Center. The deal has been cut by an in-house Crescent Real Estate Equities broker and Strategis/CRESA in Houston.

HOUSTON-A Houston-based B2B is on the move instead of retreating like many dot-coms. Petrocosm has added 19,000 sf to its 50,000-sf corporate headquarters at Briar Lake Plaza in a freshly signed 10-year pact.

HOUSTON-A 145-unit apartment complex at Rice University has found a new owner in acquisition partners Transworld Properties and Allied Realty Services. The buyout team has secured title to a top holding near the high-traffic Loop 610.

HOUSTON-Houston-based Stewart Title has bought aboard a new team member. Cuesta Title, which has more than 10 branches on California's central coast, has had long-standing ties to Stewart's underwriting business.

HOUSTON-CRESA Inc. is beefing up its presence in the city as affiliate Goldstein & Associates/CRESA merges with Houston-based Strategis. The ties that bind will now operate under the banner of Strategis/CRESA.

HOUSTON-Two office pacts have been cut for Northchase Business Park in the city's 1960/Champions submarket. Caldwell Watson Real Estate Group and Tomlinson Commercial Real Estate have negotiated the contracts, totaling 10,518 sf.

HOUSTON-A Crescent Real Estate Equities' leasing manager has been named building owners' representative of the year. Recipient Debbie Wilson has sealed more than one million sf at Houston Center to earn the honor.