PHOENIX-One deal's done, but more are coming, says the broker for the 176,000-sf Deer Valley Office Plaza, empty since its delivery nearly seven months ago. In April 2002, a 35,642-sf tenant takes the keys in a seven-year, near $5-million deal.

MESA, AZ-Cal-Am beefs up its Valley holdings with a 200-lot manufactured housing community, ticketed just for those snowbirds 55 years old and over. The $8-million, 97%-occupied buy has been talked about for 1 1/2 years.

DALLAS-The HealthTexas Provider Network has settled into an 18,016-sf top floor spot vacant for five years after the exit of the Energy Club of Dallas. The high-rise is now 83%-occupied with the five-year signing.

IRVING, TX-FelCor Lodging & Trust gains $96 million in net proceeds from a note offering in a re-focus to gain footing to take advantage of sure-to-come market opportunities. It's the first such transaction by a lodging REIT since Sept. 11.

PLANO, TX-Ground breaks in January 2002 on the first commercial phase for a developing 100-acre community in Plano. Twenty-five acres in two tracts could bring as much as 700,000 sf of office-retail, but the final count is still up in the air.

MESA, AZ-One buyer takes 15 acres for a 120,000-sf, grocery-anchored neighborhood center while another grabs 14 acres for possible resale. The land represents the sole acreage dedicated to commercial development in the estimated 800-lot Parkwood Ranch.

PHOENIX-It's official: Jay G. Hoselton is the new senior director of the office properties division for Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona. The well-known Arizona player is sort of going home with the affiliation change.

DALLAS-More than $6.5 million has been lined up to cover rehabilitation costs at the 230-unit Cantera Crossing in Dallas. The FHA loan carries a 26-year amortization at 6.75% interest, with payments to start upon the work's completion.