CHANDLER, AZ-City council says "yes" despite neighborhood opposition to the Chuparosas development. Pittsburgh's Gustine Co. has 11 acres for retail and Scottsdale's PB Bell Cos. has 14 acres for multifamily use. A church holds the balance of the acreage.

PHOENIX-Steve Gerhard, former I/ESG director, takes his specialty for office transactions and black book of clients to CBRE. The 19-year professional's specialty market is the Southeast Valley.

TEMPE, AZ-London-based AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. ends a 16-year residency in Phoenix and shifts its Southwest US headquarters to a 30,501-sf building that has been empty since its delivery in 2001.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-A grassroots group, STOP 'EM, takes legal action to force Scottsdale City Council to let voters decide if developer Steve Ellman gets the subsidy for the Los Arcos Mall project. The first lawsuit was filed a month ago.

PHOENIX-After surveying the market, the insurance company stays put at 4041 N. Central Ave., boosting the lease by 1,000 sf for a 6,000-sf total. Over the six-year term, the tenant will ante up $610,000.

PHOENIX-Connect Air is moving into 4841 S. 36th St. in the Sky Harbor submarket after its parent paid cash for the 5,120-sf industrial building. The office-to-warehouse ratio was a perfect match, says one of the brokers working the transaction.

PHOENIX-The Portland, OR-based investment group takes over the 95%-leased, five-building Thunderbird Business Park along West Indian School Road. The complex is the fourth metro-area property bought in three years by the investors.

PHOENIX-Marcus & Millichap research shows 26,500 new jobs will come to the city to pull 9.5% from the region's multifamily vacancy. But, the team says it's not likely to translate to rent growth, predicting a 2% dip in the $694 per month average.