PEORIA, AZ-Auto Re-New, Stand Up MRI and Brewer Plumbing stake new territory with leases that range from five to 10 years. The trio of deals takes occupancy to 80% and climbing as three more wait in the wings to sign final pacts.

PHOENIX-Suburban retail developers are off and running with projects in Peoria, Phoenix and Surprise. The most expensive in the pack is the 40,700-sf Peoria Station, rising at a cost of $2.7 million.

PHOENIX-Doug King, Bob Parra and Mike Scholtz rise to project superintendent I while Jay Combs, a one-time owner of a general contracting business, is elevated to project superintendent II and tasked with oversight for more complex projects.

TUCSON-Feldman Equities and its partners are adding 60,000 sf to the 508,000-sf mall, bought in 2002 with a turnaround plan that pushed today's occupancy to 97%. Eleven new tenants and a creative plan for the 15-screen theater highlight the changes.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Ruhl Forensic buys a 12,000-sf building at 15876 N. 76th St. for a "crash and smash" test site for its accident reconstruction business. The move from Central Avenue in Phoenix takes place July 1.

PHOENIX-The carrier sets up shop in 12,000 sf in a relocation of the operation from Farmington, NM. A five-year commitment is made to a leased site near Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Ruhl Forensic buys a 12,000-sf building at 15876 N. 76th St. for a "crash and smash" test site for its accident reconstruction business. The move from Central Avenue in Phoenix takes place July 1.

PHOENIX-Largely a farming community, the town's persona is in a state of flux due to a positioning just five miles south of downtown Phoenix. The rooftops are going up and retail developers are now staking their claims.