DALLAS-Mike Silliman is working his last week at Crescent and readying for the job as sidekick to Maguire's partner in Dallas. The immediate challenge is a 400,000-sf, class A block in the 900-acre Solana, with 300 available for development over the long term.

KATY, TX-Hines has been hired by Tristar Holdings to develop a mixed-use plan on empty land at the junction of Pin Oak Road and Interstate 10, right across the highway from Katy Mills Mall. The master plan won't be done before 2005, at the earliest.

ITASCA, IL-Occupancy at One Pierce Place in the Chancellory office complex is 86% with First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. signing a 50,000-sf deal and US Cellular converting a sublease into a 42,100-sf direct lease.

HOUSTON-The size of the new office buildings has yet to be determined, but the first one breaks ground in the fall for a 2006 delivery. By 2007, a second building will be up and the 172,336-sf existing headquarters will be fully retooled.