TEMPE, AZ-J&S Storage spends $620,000 for an 8,678-sf warehouse, a five-year-old building along Cedar Street in Tempe, and Erchonia Medical shells out $1.8 million for a new 14,100-sf warehouse along Mesa's Indigo Street.

PHOENIX-Shea Commercial will roll out 10 office condo buildings, totaling 55,000 sf, and a 12,000-sf retail center on seven acres in the Superstition Springs neighborhood. Ground breaks in September.

FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ-Sanair Products signs for 4,820 sf and Little Guy Distributing lines up 3,920 sf in the Mesa Industrial Center. Both leases have three-year terms.

PHOENIX-Karate for Kids picks up inline retail space in the Mountainview Marketplace in a relocation bid offering a 1,300-sf expansion option in an abutting suite. The three-year lease works out to $10.50 per sf.

TUCSON, AZ-A Van Nuys couple assumes responsibility for a 30-year, $12.4-million HUD loan and takes seats on the board of directors of a nonprofit organization to get control of the 93%-leased Columbus Village in the south-central submarket.

PHOENIX-The Minneapolis-based bank pencils in a new 4,800-sf branch with a 20-year lease for the hard corner of Tatum Boulevard and Loop 101 in the 40-acre Desert Ridge. US Bancorp plans to open in summer 2005.

PHOENIX-A local real estate firm pays about $1.3 million for the 8,664-sf Cielo Grande Plaza, a 30%-leased office building in the Camelback Corridor. With six deals on the table, the buyer gets aggressive over 3630 E. Campbell Rd. for an owner-user plan.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Piper Jaffray & Co. steps up for 15,022 sf in a 10.5-year lease for Portales Corporate Center in Scottsdale while Pinnacle One inks a six-year renewal for an 8,880-sf office in Tempe's Fountainhead Corporate Center.