GLENDALE, AZ-Custom Production Woodworks is planning to relocate the shop in July from another Glendale location. The twin buildings, vacant for about a year, previoulsy housed Southwest Specialty Food Co.

PHOENIX-The trade show booth provider will take over 11,614 sf at the Martin Van Buren Commerce Center. ProLogis gets to fill space vacated a year ago at 401 N. 37th Dr. in a lease valued at $220,000 for the full term.

MESA, AZ-The 156-unit Newport Mesa Apartments sell for just $30,000 below the asking price after six months of marketing. The buyer is a Tempe investor, who's getting a repositioned property with a per unit average rent of $580.

SURPRISE, AZ-Cherry Properties of Scottsdale zeroes in on 54.5 acres in three tracts as potential retail sites for the mating of rooftops and commercial development demand. The hold could take five years, but growth patterns indicate it's a good bet.

PHOENIX-The La Jolla, CA-based buyer wrangles another deed from Starwood Capital as it sets about fulfilling a goal to buy $50 million of Phoenix-area office product. For $5 million, Equus got a 92,249-sf building at 202 E. Earll Dr. in the downtown.

PHOENIX-Seller Walden Residential collects the check for the 268-unit, class B property at 5454 W. Indian Rd. in West Phoenix. The units, which rent for $389 to $479 per month, were 93.8% occupied at sale time.

PHOENIX-The three-year-old division of the Weitz Co. hires Armondo Chavez, formerly with hardison/downey construction in Phoenix. Chavez's team focuses on TI work and smaller scale contracting projects.

PHOENIX-A Phoenix investment group acquires the 91%-leased Sandpainter Apartments with 1031 Exchange proceeds. Built in 1979, the complex attracted the offer within a week of hitting the market.