CARLSBAD, CA-Davis Partners has snatched up 62 acres in a region where land is far from easy to come by these days. Up to 700,000 sf of office and research and development could come out of the ground at Palomar Concourse.

CARROLLTON, TX-Industrial properties in the Dallas-Ft. Worth region remain a hot ticket, with First Industrial Realty Trust finding a taker for a Valwood property within 35 days of it coming to market. A local family trust bought the 90,274-sf building.

SAN MARCOS, CA-The 16-acre Campus Marketplace by Florida-based Regency Centers is four months out and filling up fast thanks to its location adjacent the Cal-State San Marcos campus in one of the city's fastest-growing neighborhoods.

SAN DIEGO-Washington Inventory Service has taken in $1.2 million for a 22,000-sf office building along San Diego's El Cajun Boulevard. The deal comes with a five-year lease for the ground floor so the seller can stay put.

SAN DIEGO-The San Diego retail market is victim of a slipping overall image of the sector in investors' eyes. It's unjust, say Burnham Retail Group researchers. Sales are down and construction's slowed considerably in a market that bears a 3.9% vacancy.

DALLAS-Cafe Brazil, Interstate Battery and Dollar Tree have selected new locations in Ft. Worth, Carrollton and Duncanville. Meanwhile, Rooms to Go, which is in the midst of a Texas expansion, has relinquished a site in Mesquite to Bally's Total Fitness.

SAN DIEGO-The San Diego retail market is victim of a slipping overall image of the sector in investors' eyes. It's unjust, say Burnham Retail Group researchers. Sales are down and construction's slowed considerably in a market that bears a 3.9% vacancy.

DALLAS-A 43,200-sf lease and asset takeover is putting a new glass operator into Dallas. Arch Aluminum & Glass Co., which operates in 13 states, adds Texas in an August move-in to defunct D&S Glass Co.'s Intermart manufacturing site.