HOUSTON-Dan Smith, with Transwestern Commercial Services for 21 years, is named Staubach's vice president. Smith already has hired one new broker and plans to add up to seven more in the next 12 to 18 months.

NEWARK, NJ-Two top real estate firms, two utilities and a state agency have linked up to provide a response to the securities industry's regulators' post-9/11 "White Paper" on disaster recovery contingencies.

ROSEVILLE, CA-The developer closes on 13 acres and plans to develop 190,000

SANTA ANA, CA-The tenant-in-common specialist acquires the 321,836-sf tower from an investor group that bought it four years ago from Xerox. A loan of about $45.4 million was placed to acquire the 15-story, 85%-leased office building.