LOS ANGELES—Developer John A. Ashkar of BAJO Ventura secures the funds to build the Parkland Apartments, a 173-unit class-A multifamily complex.

HOUSTON—Engineering firm JQ is branching out in the Houston area and beyond with a trio of notable projects that extend as far away as Corpus Christi.

AUSTIN--ATCO Properties & Management, a Manhattan, N.Y.-based owner/operator of class A commercial real estate, has acquired 1300 Guadalupe Street in downtown Austin and has sold the Crossroads Center in north central Austin for undisclosed sums.

NEW YORK CITY—The partnership is picking up units at Tower 46, a Midtown building spanning nearly 350,000 square feet.