Development

ARLINGTON, TX-The developer is scrapping a dinosaur mall to make way for Pioneer 360 Business Center, a $55-million, 1.2-million-sf showcase that goes vertical in December.

LOS ANGELES-Coupling $40 million of equity with $120 million in debt, the duo will acquire and develop select-service hotels in the Western and Southwestern US.

GARNER, NC-The turkey producer will move 70 of its corporate employees to the new 46,000-sf facility in mid-2008.

HAVERFORD, PA-Four years after being selected to redevelop the 209-acre former Haverford Hospital site, the Pohlig/Goldenberg JV begins demolition.

CHICAGO-Jim Abrahamson will lead a newly formed team for the development of hotels in North America and Latin America.

DALLAS-The Allen Group vows to start work Monday on a 635,040-sf cross-dock and 192,850-sf office/warehouse, the first space for its 6,000-acre Dallas Logistics Hub.

LAS VEGAS-Marriott acknowledges investing $230 million for 16 acres across from the Las Vegas Convention Center en route to a 3,500-room casino-resort with 500,000 sf of meeting space.

CONROE, TX-Woodforest Development will start infrastructure work by year's end for the first phase of a master-planned community that includes 70 acres of commercial space.