Dana Fricke and Lisa Biggs, the former marketing team for RealtyCapital Partners Inc., have set up what could be the region's onlyfemale-owned and led equity investment company. They've elected tokeep the same stomping grounds, leasing an office at 1340 S. MainSt. in Grapevine and within eyeshot of Realty Capital, whichreplaced the duo with Bryn Jepson and Meg Davis, both of whom haveextensive backgrounds in marketing and management.

Fricke tells GlobeSt.com that the new firm will targetinvestments in the $300,000 to $1.5-million range. Their role forDiaz' 16,766-sf building in the 120,000-sf MacArthur Commons is tofind an equity replacement for a bridge loan. The campaign, likeothers that will follow, will rely on e-mail queries to a database,which is beginning with 200 investors and destined to grow, shesays.

Fricke and Biggs, with a combined 26 years in finance and sales,are managing members of the general partnership, Fricke Biggs LLC,which has a three-member advisory board with more than 100 years ofcommercial real estate experience to guide it. Fricke isresponsible for finding, analyzing and negotiating real estateprojects while Biggs will handle marketing. Fricke Biggs willconcentrate on retail and office projects, medical office condos,raw land and residential lot development and select propertyredevelopments.