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DALLAS-The locally based Shafer Property Co., armed with a near$13.8-million construction loan, is ready to break ground on a35,000-sf retail plaza in Uptown, a 2.9-acre tract that once heldthe Red Cross' headquarters building. The project, tentativelycalled Uptown Plaza, is 40% pre-leased.

Still to be decided, though, is whether about one acre will betraded to the Hotel ZaZa's owners so they can build a condo tower."I can see the rationale in keeping it (the acreage) whole," saysBrad Donnell, senior director for Dallas-based Metropolitan CapitalAdvisors Ltd. Ground is due to break any day, he adds.

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