SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The Apollo Group Inc. lines up another learning center site for its Western International University. The Scottsdale Chaparral Business Center Phase III pact carries a $3.3-million value over its six-year term.

DALLAS-Three signings have office, retail and industrial tenants readying to occupy space in February or shortly thereafter. The deals are for space in Las Colinas, Dallas and Carrollton. A gift importer tops the list with 19,738 sf in Las Colinas.

CASA GRANDE, AZ-Tempe's Gold Circuit adds computer reclamation to its sales business with the acquisition of a former Hunter Douglas distribution site. The $1.7-million price tag gets a 73,492 sf distribution building on 20 acres.

FORNEY, TX-A local homebuilder buys 12.2 acres in Forney for a commercial development near an industrial park and new school. The residential positioning of the tract will bring a mini-storage complex and lots for businesses looking to build.

DALLAS-Cushman & Wakefield of Texas promotes one and hires one while Insignia, in its ongoing courtship of the ranks, gets a new senior managing director of property management and leasing.

GLENDALE, AZ-A CB Richard Ellis team is looking at closing its first sale in the 23-acre Arrowhead Commerce Park before April 15. Infrastructure work has just started on the 23-acre project and will wrap up in three months.

DALLAS-Cottonwood Partners, with investors in Dallas and Salt Lake City, sell one of four Dallas buildings to a local investor who wanted lease space and dickered instead for a deed. The bargaining table talks drove down the price to $14 million.

PHOENIX-A Montana woman trades her state's "Big Sky" qualities for sunny Phoenix in her first 1031 exchange. She swaps out a Montana ranch for a three-tenant, 5,939-sf holding in the Western Camelback Corridor.