DALLAS-Gart Sports Co. takes 50,000 sf for an Oshman's and Famous Footwear signs a 10,000-sf pact for Denton Crossing, an under-construction power center with a dance card filled by the leading names in retail.

ABERDEEN, MD-Columbus, OH-based technology developer Battelle Memorial Institute expands its presence in the Mid-Atlantic region with this week's opening of its $20-million East Coast headquarters in the state-owned Higher Education and Applied Technology Center.

DETROIT-New iCap Realty and Bernard Financial deals have set up financing loans for apartments, industrial facilities and manufactured housing communities.

MIAMI-They also leased the 6,000-sf restaurant space in the historic Bancroft Hotel in South Beach for a second Sopra restaurant. The lease is valued at approximately $2.5 million. Constructa Inc. of Miami was the seller and lessor.