FT. WORTH-Bass Enterprises and Crescent Real Estate Equities are close to deciding who gets the contract as retail electric provider for the Jan. 1, 2002 deregulation. It's a powerful decision fueled by reliability and savings for building owner and tenant.

HOUSTON-A fledgling wholesale auto loan operation signs a 3,098-sf pact for its flagship office. ProDraft selects a suite in a 12-story office building at 1235 N. Loop West. The 20-year-old structure is now 93% occupied.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ-The parcel, which currently contains an office building and a warehouse totaling almost 181,000 sf, can be rezoned for residential development.

BROOKLINE, MA-Despite an increasingly tight market for hotel financing, Cambridge-based Carpenter & Co. acquires financing for a 188-room hotel project in Coolidge Corner. The project has been in the works for nearly four years.