FT. WORTH-The State Bar of Texas has signed a six-year lease at Mira Vista Commons, where it has maintained a temporary office for nine months. The bar association, one of the displaced tenants from the tornado-damaged Bank One Tower, is taking 6,296 sf.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-A compromise version of a zoning petition, that aimed to decrease congestion and increase affordable housing, was passed here. Local commercial property owners were opposed to the petition.

MIAMI-The transfer of Gregory Rumpel from New Zealand signals a move on the part of the firm's hotel investment banking service to increase its activity in South Florida, company officials say. Rumpel is a former senior consultant for Arthur Andersen's Real Estate Services Group in Australia.

HOUSTON-El Presidente Vincente Fox has a team player in Houston-based Hines, which is undertaking its second industrial park in Guadalajara, Mexico. This project will bring 1.3 million sf to the market, with the first 430,000 sf set to deliver in June.