DeSOTO, TX-A Dallas investor acquires his second retail center in three months to turn around proceeds from selling a self-storage property. Creek Tree Plaza, a 14,872-sf fully occupied asset, has an 11.8% cap rate, says the buyer's broker.

ATLANTA-The 52-year-old, $8 billion Dallas-based homebuilding and financial services firm is paying about $3.2 million for the East Fox Court dirt in suburban Alpharetta, GA, across from Roberts Realty Investors Inc.'s Addison Place apartment community.

CITY OF COMMERCE, CA-Los Angeles Die Casting, a division of Del Mar Industries, signs the lease for 36,108 sf of space in a move from downtown Los Angeles after 75 years there.

ORLANDO-The New York-based financial services firm, one of the largest corporate employers in the Tampa Bay area, expects to hire 700 employees over the next 12 months at the $90 million property in the Sabal Park Business Center.