DALLAS-The on-off deal for 2100 McKinney finally hits the closing table. The winner from a field of five, CDI/East, marks a return to Texas after a four-year hiatus. It's also the first purchase in a portfolio expansion fueled by a $600-million pool.

NEW YORK CITY-Drew O'Malley, a 14-year industry vet, was appointed principal and director of brokerage services for Trammell Crow Co.'s New York regional office.

CHICAGO-The seven adjacent city lots form a 21,000-sf site that likely will be developed as a condominium project, according to Inland Real Estate Sales, Inc., which brokers the $4.3-million property sale.

BOSTON-Legal Sea Foods starts construction on its new seafood-processing headquarters in the Boston Marine Industrial Park. The new facility is the second element of Massport's four-phase plan to develop a seafood industry in this park.