DALLAS-A strategy to beef up Cushman & Wakefield of Texas Inc.'s asset services division is under way with the signing of an 800,000-sf industrial pact. Newly hired James L. Mertz Jr. plans more such pacts as just part of his expansion plan.

LAKE WORTH, FL-The Knoxville, TN-based holding company sells a 32,000-sf neighborhood shopping center for about $36.72 a sf to D&D Co. Lake Worth is 59 miles north of Miami.

CAPE CORAL, FL-The Fort Myers, FL-based development company pays Allete Properties $193,333 an acre for a 150-acre site in this city 126 miles west of Miami.

SCOTTSDALE-The 140,000-sf Gainey Center II is 70% filled, signing four new tenants to the Westcor project. The largest space taker is eFunds Corp., which is taking 47,000 sf for its corporate headquarters.