The first shuffle comes with the hiring of Randy Cooper assenior managing director. The second, if the word on the street isaccurate, is that Insignia is eyeing an acquisition.

Cooper, an 18-year veteran, is one of the Dallas-Ft. Worth'sleading brokers in the corporate services arena. And, he's jumpedfrom senior vice president of Chicago-based Equis Corp.'s Dallasoffice, which he opened in 1997, to steer an Insignia drive in theDFW. "My move is one step in a two-step process," Cooper confidesto GlobeSt.com, "and the next step will be announced next week."But until then, he's hushed about the big news.

Cooper will be teaming with Tom Wenkstern, the Dallas-basedsenior managing director for Insignia's national corporateservices. That's for corporate accounts. His particular focus willbe to strengthen Insignia's tenant representation, which now isminimal.