DALLAS-The financially troubled FirstPlus Financial Group Inc. may be forced to liquidate if a bailout acquisition bid with Nineteenth Investment Corp. fails.

CRANFORD, NJ-Prentiss will pick up Mack's 270,000-sf Cielo Center in Austin for $47.1 million as well as $25 million in termination fees.

ORLANDO-Derrick D. Wallace, president/CEO of Construct Two Group and a prominent construction industry figure, takes over as vice chairman of the influential 30-member Economic Development Commission of Mid-Florida Inc. on Oct. 1.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI-Carrier Hotels USA is more closely focusing on its mission-build Internet connectivity centers, which is reflected in its name change to Convergency Centers Corp.