PHOENIX-Premier Waste Services antes up $4.1 million for a 135,00-sf building with five 20-ton cranes and 60-foot clear heights. Key to the deal to buy is an 8.5-acre tract with four acres open for future expansion.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Location is the name of the game for office users seeking upscale space in an always popular submarket. Two national-credit tenants take a combined 16,108 sf with leases valued at more than $1.2 million.

CHANDLER, AZ-A California private equity firm outbids five other investors eyeing the 234-unit Stonegate Village Apartments. Closing at a 6.73% cap rate, the return will come when steep concessions burn off for the 92%-occupied, class A development.

PHOENIX-A low price per foot proves key in one local buyer's purchase of a 40,145-sf industrial property--featuring three buildings--on South Central Avenue. The partnership signs on the fully leased offering for $600,000.

PHOENIX-A performing arts school nearly doubles in size after experiencing healthy student population increases during its first year in Deer Valley. The school extended its 10-year lease worth approximately $4.8 million, fully occupying a building in the Arizona Business Park.

PHOENIX-A 14-month escrow period provides a difficult, but not insurmountable obstacle to acquiring the fully occupied Fairmount Greens in the Camelback Corridor. The California buyer foresees repositioning the property for a long-term hold.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-A franchisee of the women's fitness chain signs a five-year lease with a $267,000 payout for a 2,116-sf spot in Village Crossroads. It is the fifth Curves deal for the Wisconsin-based owner.

PHOENIX-With three of four owners retiring, the doctors sell a 10,390-sf office building on the west side of the city to a first-time Phoenix buyers. The Salem, OR couple was one of four investors vying for the investment property.