DALLAS-The metroplex's fourth quarter standing in the multifamily market places it at the top nationally in new deliveries. Demand has outpaced supply, but the fierce competition has adversely affected rent growth.

CHARLOTTE-Sonshine Construction Co. bought the dirt and an existing 36,000-sf building on Crown Point Road for $2.6 million or $866,666 per acre from Marketing Specialists of Dallas. Sonshine plans to build four additional structures totaling 24,000 sf.

FT. WORTH-The annual Tarrant County Forecast opens Tuesday activities for real estate executives in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market. A NAI/Stoneleigh Huff Brous McDowell team makes the 2001 call retail, office and industrial markets at Ft. Worth's Botanic Garden Auditorium gathering.

WHITE PLAINS-A panel of Westchester-Fairfield real estate brokers and developers agree that the year 2000 was an exceptional year for leasing volume and absorption and that it will be tough to beat this year.