MIAMI-Tarpon Bend Restaurants has hired the Prakas Group to procure between five and 10 sites in South Florida, perhaps north to Orlando. The restaurants would cost $1 million to $1.5 million each and be about 6,000 sf to 7,000 sf each, for a total of approximately 32,500 sf to 65,000 sf.

DALLAS-Cypress Equities and Carlyle Group team on the development side while a private REIT is formed with Presidio Merchant Partners for the buy side. A third leg of Cypress' growth strategy is rooted in a $200-million acquisitions fund.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Fierce lender competition helps Walton Street Capital to get a favorable rate on a $33.5-million first mortgage and pay down initial debt for the four-year-old, 270-room Scottsdale Marriott at McDowell Mountains.

GOODYEAR, AZ-The Anaheim Angels may move the team's spring training facility from Tempe if Goodyear can work out plans for a $30-million Cactus League stadium. The move would be a second major blow to Tempe.