PORTLAND-Dean Foods consolidates two facilities and grabs an extra 50,000 sf at Kelley Point Distribution Center. The two-year lease also allows the firm to move within a half-mile of its manufacturing plant.

TOLLESON, AZ-EJM Development Co. will court small to mid-size users for the three-building project. The prediction is the office/warehouse complex will be filled within 18 months of its May completion.

BEAVERTON, OR-Occupancy at the 600,000-sf Creekside Corporate Park in Beaverton reaches 80% with the 11,400-sf lease for showroom space. Bella Furnishings takes occupancy in March with a seven-year pact.

PHOENIX-The Arizona Court of Appeals is scheduled to slide in the case just one day before the city's deadline to print ballots. At issue is whether Scottsdale voters have the right to decide the fate of the multi-million-dollar redevelopment project.

PHOENIX-The Family Services Agency sells its building for $250,000 to the next-door neighbor, Hospice of the Valley, and will move its administrative offices to Central Avenue. The March 1 move gives both seller and buyer expanded space.

PORTLAND-With vacancy at 11.2% overall, the prediction is the New Year will be prosperous enough to drive single-digit rates once again in manufacturing and warehouse sectors while flex and R&D most likely will remain stagnant.

PHOENIX-A father and son investment team from Los Angeles make a quick move into the Phoenix market with the purchase of two apartment complexes within two months. The latest to close is a $1.4-million deal for the 45-unit Newcastle Apartments.

PORTLAND-The city's office market isn't out of intensive care just yet, but there are strong signs that it's improving. Confidence in the economy and a spurt in jobs could help the city on the road to recovery, an office market study shows.