HOUSTON-The law firm opts to take floors 11 through 13 in the class A, one-million-square-foot, CBD office building, which was developed and is owned by Hines.

HOUSTON-Area reports note 33 properties changed hands in Q4 2012, with sales volume approximately $908 million.

DALLAS—A waterfall-themed lux apartment complex is being planned by Dallas-based Trammell Crow Residential. The development would be built near the American Airlines Center, with a design inspired by the Coors Light waterfall billboard visible from a nearby Interstate.

This summer, BioMed Realty Trust Inc. closed on its purchase of two parcels of land comprising approximately 28 adjacent acres in San Diego. The price was approximately $47 million. Concurrently, the company also entered into a long-term ground lease for both sites with Advanced BioHealing Inc., a regenerative-medicine company and subsidiary of Shire plc that develops, manufactures and commercializes living cell-based therapies.