PHOENIX-After four consecutive years being among the firm's top-ranked producers, Barry Gabel and Melinda Korth move into a 42-member elite circle of in-house professionals with EVP status. The investment sales teammates were principals.

TUCSON-The Texas-based ice cream maker carves 4.33 acres from the mixed-use Rita Ranch for another distribution center in the metro. With build-to-suit interest on the rise, the acreage now is tagged at $1.50 per sf or double what it was not so long ago.

HOUSTON-The financial institution keeps its back-office operations center firmly rooted in a 23-year address at 1301 Fannin St. The bank's broker says the long-term, class A deal was the Number One priority to bed down in the aftermath of the merger.

HOUSTON-The financial institution keeps its back-office operations center firmly rooted in a 23-year address at 1301 Fannin St. The bank's broker says the long-term, class A deal was the Number One priority to bed down in the aftermath of the merger.

PEORIA, AZ-Joseph Kornwasser fires up work on the first of two power centers he's planning for the metro. The 395,000-sf Lake Pleasant Pavilion, set to rise on 40 prime acres, will deliver in summer 2007.

PEORIA, AZ-Joseph Kornwasser fires up work on the first of two power centers he's planning for the metro. The 395,000-sf Lake Pleasant Pavilion, set to rise on 40 prime acres, will deliver in summer 2007.

HOUSTON-A local investor takes control after a 40,000-sf lease creates a fully occupied, two-building asset with no lease roll for three years. The building brings close to the $6.25-million ask for its San Diego seller.

DETROIT-Though overall office vacancies are still hovering around 20% with little inventory absorption, a yearend 2005 report offers optimism in the face of growing unemployment. With little movement in the market, landlords are trying to lure tenants to class A properties with higher TIs and free rent.