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DALLAS-A developer and his Transwestern scouting team aren'tbenching a mixed-use plan with a minor league baseball stadium asthe anchor. Several cities have come forward to field the play nowthat Dallas City Council has sidelined a Downtown site.

Transwestern's Urban Advisory Group, working since June 2006 toassemble the site, will be mailing letters Tuesday to FarmersMarket property owners, effectively dropping options andgentlemen's agreements to 20 acres and thanking them for theirsupport, James Quick, Transwestern's senior associate, tellsGlobeSt.com. "We were impressed with how much owners in that areaof town wanted it to happen," says Quick, who's teamed withTranswestern principal Sanders Thompson and senior vice presidentSheryl Pickens to make the project a reality. The plan calls for a10-acre stadium and 20 acres with roughly 1,400 apartments andretail.