BROWNSVILLE, TX-The retail kingpin picks up land beside Strawberry Square Center after three years of weighing a replacement store plan. With an opening eyed for 2006, ground will be breaking soon on a 204,000-sf super store.

PHOENIX-A California couple rolls the McDowell Professional Plaza into an office and retail portfolio that's on the verge of getting beefed up. The office complex was 95% leased at sale time with more deals on the way.

BROWNSVILLE, TX-The retail kingpin picks up land beside Strawberry Square Center after three years of weighing a replacement store plan. With an opening eyed for 2006, ground will be breaking soon on a 204,000-sf super store.

BROWNSVILLE, TX-The retail kingpin picks up land beside Strawberry Square Center after three years of weighing a replacement store plan. With an opening eyed for 2006, ground will be breaking soon on a 204,000-sf super store.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Madison Marquette, with equity backing from Principal Life Insurance Co., takes the operating partner's reins to purchase the 143,409-sf Shops at Gainey. The new owner is taking a hard look at the tenant mix of the 97%-leased center.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Principal Life Insurance Co., advised by Madison Marquette, takes the reins to the 143,409-sf Shops at Gainey. The new owner's leasing and management team is taking a hard look at the tenant mix of the 97%-leased center.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Principal Life Insurance Co., advised by Madison Marquette, takes the reins to the 143,409-sf Shops at Gainey. The new owner's leasing and management team is taking a hard look at the tenant mix of the 97%-leased center.

HOUSTON-A UK-based company sells "surplus" land to a local developer who's gamed out a spec flex industrial project on the 10.8-acre tract. The project will break ground in a month to six weeks; delivery is planned for summer 2006.