CHANDLER, AZ-An offer of $55 per sf or $5 less than the original asking price delivers the keys to 7100 W. Erie St. A local buyer and local seller close the deal to take the building from plastics manufacturing to an engine parts refurbishing site.

MESA, AZ-Set on 23 acres, the five-building, 96,028-sf campus gets its "15 minutes of fame" because it is home to the largest compressed natural gas facility in the US. The project includes a 21,000-sf office and operations building.

TUCSON-The Pascua Yaqui Tribe opens the Casino Del Sol, a 213,000-sf facility boasts numerous amenities, including a 40,000-sf hand-painted ceiling. The casino, the second on the tribal grounds, is being touted as the state's largest entertainment venue.

PHOENIX-Overall vacancy crawls to 21.5%, up 0.3% from the first quarter, but down 0.2% from the number a year ago. An increased leasing activity is attributed to consolidations and downsizing on the corporate levels.

CHANDLER, AZ-One look is all it took for the Valley Unitarian Universalist Church congregation to buy a 20,000-sf church at 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard from the Diocese of Phoenix. The congregation from Warner Road takes place in 60 days.

PHOENIX-Equus Realty Advisors sells the 26,000-sf, six-building Marshall Property to an Austin, TX, buyer with 1031 Exchange capital. The Midtown asset's new occupancy, 100%, is the motivation to sell.

PHOENIX-Nationwide Realty Investors turns over the 273,973-sf Hohokam Towers, home to the University of Phoenix, to RREEF. The three-building sale is sure to rank in the top office transactions this year in the metro.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-On a 4-to-3 vote, Scottsdale City Council says "yes" to a big box retail center, funded in part with tax dollars. Developer Steve Ellman plans include a Wal-Mart Supercenter, Sam's Club and Lowe's.