ADDISON, TX-Principal Life Insurance Co. acquires its first property in Dallas-Fort Worth in more than a year in a 60%-plus investment-grade credit transaction. The deal's done, the team's in place and offers are out for more assets in the region.

HOUSTON-Regency Centers wins the quartet of deals, bringing new faces to two under-construction centers in the city's northwest submarket and upping occupancy at two other properties. Two leases belong to a styling salon chain.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-The fabless semiconductor company signs a 10-year, $26.8-million lease that will move its headquarters and 400 employees from Sunnyvale to Shoreline Technology Park in Mountain View.

LONDON-Rotch Property Group, the finance-driven investment group owned by the Iranian brothers Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz, is to be split into three separate companies.