FT. WORTH-First American Bank, based in Bryan, TX, will break ground in 120 days on an estimated $800,000 project in Beechwood Business Park. The ground zero opportunity is a good fit for the bank's rollout strategy in the DFW area, Houston and Austin.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Securities and Exchange Commission has signed a 14-year lease valued at approximately $400 million for space in an office building to be constructed by Louis Dreyfus Properties LLC.

HOUSTON-Holliday Fenoglio Fowler has completed its move from the CBD to the West Loop-Galleria submarket. The firm has signed for 14,467 sf at One Post Oak Central, a 396,000-sf, class-A office building.

BOSTON-A judge rules that the city administration was justified in not allowing the South Boston Betterment Trust to develop housing on city-owned land. The case was politically charged because of a recent scandal.