PHOENIX-In a strapped office market, a 36,457-sf tenant steps forward for a 72,000-sf office building along Northern Avenue. Grubb & Ellis and Coldwell Banker Commercial fine-tune the details to seal a lease by Health Services Advisory Group.

PHOENIX-Leases ranging from five to 20 years clear the decks for eight retailers heading to the 350,000-sf Village at Desert Ridge in North Phoenix. Just for Feet takes 12,134 sf for 10 years and the positioning as the largest space taker in the leasing flurry.

DALLAS-Carter Shillig and Rick Cullers are the new senior vice presidents of office/industrial investments for Henry S. Miller. The well-known team checked out "four or five" other offers arising from the ongoing Dallas personnel scramble.

COLLEYVILLE, TX-A Dallas-based partnership closes its second land sale and awaits a third signing in mid-February. Land once ticketed for retail sparks more interest in the neighborhood office arena, says the seller's broker.

PHOENIX-Two years and $4.7 million have gone into the planning for a 367-unit multifamily complex in the prestigious Camelback Corridor. Gray Olson Meyer Investments has the financing, the land and the plan to start coming out of the ground.

DALLAS-La Quinta Corp. gets a toehold on 2002 with the official signing of a tax-free merger with La Quinta Properties. The latter becomes a subsidiary reportedly with no loss to shareholders as the future hinges on growth through franchises.

DEER VALLEY, AZ-Adams Med-Dent Cabinets has started moving into a 23,000-sf industrial building in the Deer Valley after spending nearly $1.4 million and staving a trustee's sale for the seller. In turn, Adams sells its long-time home to a smaller shop.

MESA, AZ-O Premium Water, with an eye on a 2002 expansion, finds a California investor for its office-showroom property at 1740 W. Broadway Rd. in Mesa. The 1031 exchange is the first Arizona buy for Dr. Patrick Bitter of Los Gatos.