DALLAS-Aspen, CO-based developer Wayne Starr picks long-time friend, Wayne Swearingen, to continue the leasing drive for the developing 950-acre Mercer Crossing. Swearingen's Vector Project Services gets an extra 1.1 million sf with the new pact.

SOMERVILLE, MA-This city is finally close to coming to an agreement with IKEA, the Swedish-based furniture chain, to locate a store here at Assembly Square on a 16-acre parcel. The store will be 250,000 sf and will include a mixed-use component on the site.

SAN DIEGO-Burnham Real Estate Services has named Mike Philbin its managing director of transaction services.