DALLAS-UT-Southwestern Medical School and the Certus Group cap a year of talking for wet lab space to launch its Cytogenetics research. UT signs a five-year lease for Research Row Biolabs. The lab rolls out in January 2003.

DALLAS-The property is the 145,610-sf McKinney Place. The buyer is CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners II and the seller, Trizec Properties. It's the fund's second Uptown office acquisition in 30 days.

HOUSTON-The law firm of Chadbourne & Parke of New York City will move in Oct. 31 to 12,000 sf leased on the 35th floor of 1100 Louisiana. The deal was crafted by Trione & Gordon and Hines Interests.

HOUSTON-Hines is partnering with Monthisa to build a 215,000-sf, seven-story office building near Madrid's downtown. Work gets under way in early 2003, with a late 2004 unveiling marked on the calendar.