Dallas Commercial Real Estate News 
KBS REIT Buys Plano Office Complex
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III bought Town Center Office Park, a 522,043-sq.-ft. three-building office complex in Plano, Texas....
CBRE Hires HFF Founders to Head its Debt and Equity Finance Services in Southwest
Harold E. Holliday, John T. Fenoglio, David M. Aaronson and James M. Richards Jr. joined the firm as executive vice presidents in its Houston office. ...
Brookfield Opportunity Fund Sells Dallas Office for $123M
Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund successfully turned around Convergence Center in Dallas and has now sold the property for $123 million....
Plano Data Expands Texas Lease to 116,376 SF
Plano Data signed a 116,376-sq.-ft. lease in Plano, Texas....
NorthMarq Arranges $136.36M Recapitalization of Diamond Student Housing Portfolio
Northmarq Capital arranged a recapitalization of a student housing portfolio....
Camden Property Trust Purchases Remaining Interests in Joint Ventures
Camden Property Trust exercised its option to purchase the 80 percent interest not currently owned by the company in 12 joint ventures....
Brookdale Group Acquires The Towers at Williams Square in Dallas
The Brookdale Group acquired a 1.4-million-sq.-ft. office complex in Dallas....
As it Expanded, Fossil Flipped its Headquarters for a New Leased Space
Earlier this year, Fossil inked a long-term lease for 535,000 sq. ft. of office space at 901 Central in Richardson, a northern suburb of Dallas. At the same time, the company sold off two office buildings and one distribution facility totaling 459,000 sq. ft. ...
Fully Leased Office Building in AllianceTexas Development Sells for $18.7 Million
Macquarie CNL Global Income Trust has acquired the first of two fully leased office buildings in Fort Worth, Texas for $18.7 million as part of a two-building purchase agreement. ...
Real Estate Deal Website Launched in Dallas
Dan Slaven, a Dallas entrepreneur, has launched RealEstateDealSheet.com, a membership-based website for commercial real estate professionals prospecting for new deals. Slaven is president and chief executive officer. ...
Developers Race to Build in Dallas, But Financing Remains a Wild Card
Despite a vacancy rate of nearly 29% in downtown Dallas, four developers are jockeying for position to build new office towers. ...
Blockbuster Goes on the Block
After weeks of wrangling over the proper way to claw out of bankruptcy, Dallas-based Blockbuster has finally won court approval of a plan paving the way for its sale rather than a proposed liquidation....
Houston Office Outlook Brightens
The Houston metro office market strengthened in the fourth quarter of 2010 because of job growth in several economic sectors, according to Delta Associates, the research affiliate of Houston-based Transwestern, a commercial real estate firm. ...
Forget the Tax Rate, Concentrate on Your Property’s Value
Many property owners in Dallas are still steaming over the recent decisions by both the city and county to increase property tax rates to the highest levels in history. ...
Sabre Saves $10 Million as it Shifts Tech and Workplace Strategy
Flexible workspaces that promote desk sharing and collaboration have been around for more than a decade, but a Texas-based company that has embraced space sharing for a mobile workforce is still finding ways to fine-tune the model....
