Dallas/Fort Worth

DALLAS-Lone Star's owner, Scott Walton, becomes a senior loan officer with yesterday's closing. BMC's two-year plan is to buy 25 small shops in the US to become the first branded arranger of commercial loans in the $500,000 to $5 million sector.

DALLAS-The region gets a show of promise from an industrial market posting a quarterly gain for the first time in a year despite a year-to-date absorption that's still in the red. As for office, the best that can be said is it's "losing less blood today ... than before.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-First Industrial is the buyer and National Life Insurance Co. is the seller of the 51%-leased building at 1905 110th St. in the Great Southwest Industrial District. The closing marks the buyer's third this year in the submarket.

DALLAS-Ross Perot Jr. wastes no time in backfilling a hole from a developer who took a bye a few months ago. Starwood and Gatehouse Capital will help debut a plan with a 251-room W Hotel, 94 condos, 25,000 sf of retail and some office space.

DALLAS-Mike Hardage is closing the books on a near five-year career at Trammell Crow Co. in an exit that coincides but isn't tied to a series of personnel changes at the firm. It's time for a change, says the director of investment services.

DALLAS-Park Central 7 gets the new name on the office directory in a five-year lease for 10,000 sf. Twin Towers corners a two-year extension for 8,355 sf and a 62-month sister deal for 2,738 sf in a package valued at $409,000.