Dallas/Fort Worth

DALLAS-Lufthansa will make twice weekly direct flights to Mexico City and add one more to Frankfurt, a marketing boon for the 2.2 million sf of industrial going up on airport land.

DALLAS-The 95%-leased Carousel Court Apartments passes from one local investor to another, who beat five others with a $6-million bid.

DALLAS-Holt Lunsford Commercial acquires the 21-building Riverbend portfolio with assistance from GE Real Estate.

RICHARDSON, TX-Koll Development turns crews loose this week on a one-million-sf build-to-suit campus for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Delivery is late 2009.

VAN ALSTYNE, TX-When another buyer's deal collapses, a Dallas partnership jumps to buy commercial land near US Hwy. 75 and Grayson County Community College.

FORT WORTH-The buyer inks its second off-market deal in 14 months at the city line and I-35W. The resale plan targets industrial, office and multifamily developers.

IRVING, TX-A 1031 exchange buyer from Beverly Hills, CA offers 99% of the $6.4-million ask to stop marketing after three days of the 90%-leased Willows Apartments.

FRISCO, TX-Westwood pencils a November start for its part of Centre at Preston Ridge's phase two. With hotels rising and residential ready to go, Oakridge will add more retail.