Dennis Barnes, formerly a Trammell Crow Co. principal, is onboard at Insignia/ESG while Matt Herring has left CB Richard Ellisto head up a newly formed subsidiary, Wilcox Capital Partners, atthe Dallas-based Cawley Wilcox Cos.

Barnes, a 22-year veteran, is Insignia's new leasing director.In 1999, he left Equity Office Properties and joined Trammell Crowto oversee leasing and development efforts in the North Dallassubmarket. Now, he's settling into a lead spot at Insignia in thefirm's ongoing courtship of the industry's top names in the region."Dennis Barnes is the type of talent we are seeking in thismarket," Philip C. Baker, Insignia's executive director, said in apress release. Baker is simply making good on a vow made in Octoberto mold a new Dallas Insignia team from the region's brokerageleaders.

John Combs, president of Insignia's US property services, saysBarnes' hiring "is the first in a series of several strategic hiresin our landlord/agency practice." The Dallas market has beengetting its fair share of the New York City-based brokerage house'sattention since late summer. "The Dallas market," Combs adds,"remains one of our top priorities in the country."