The Dallas-based private REIT bought Travis Tower at 1301 TravisSt., about 30 days ago from AEW McCord LP, a joint venture of anaffiliate of Boston-based AEW and McCord Development Inc. ofHouston, for about $24.9 million. Navisys Group, the third-partymanagement arm of McCord Development Inc., had the leasing andmanagement assignment for the class A, 21-story tower. Joe McCluan,the lead person on the assignment, was not available forcomment.

"The assignment was not hotly contested--it was more behind thescenes," says Dave Hanusa, a TCC vice president in Houston who willdirect Travis Tower's leasing. Debbie Fujimoto will lead theproperty management.

Hanusa tells GlobeSt.com that "there were a few" companies afterthe assignment including Navisys. "We had an inside track becausewe helped Behringer Harvard with the due diligence," he says. Plus,TCC handles leasing and management of the REIT's other Houstonasset, Enclave on the Lake in the Energy Corridor. BehringerHarvard did not return telephone calls prior to publicationtime.