PASADENA, TX-A New York investor outbids nine others for the 49,600-sf Fairway Centre, a fully leased property in the heart of a suburb's retail trade area. The buyer gets a tenant roster with such retail staples as Office Depot, Starbucks and Car Toys.

HOUSTON-Synthegen finds the office/lab space that it needs in a 27,352-sf office building near Beltway 8 and Harwin Drive in the Westchase submarket. In the Woodlands, a high-tech spot is subleased.

WEBSTER, TX-The popular discount retailer reserves the space in a five-year signing for the 500,000-sf center in the suburb of Webster. The new deal takes the Fiesta Mart-owned center to 90% occupancy.

HOUSTON-The Grubb & Ellis research team in Houston pegs vacancy at 7.9% for a positive end to 2002. Houston's overall vacancy is the lowest in Texas and Oklahoma although it's still up by 66 basis points from the previous year.

HOUSTON-The firm of Kroger Myers Frisby & Hirsch renews 7,272 sf and adds 1,395 sf to the final contract at 3100 Weslayan, a 78,829-sf office building in the Greenway Plaza submarket. The building is 97% occupied.

HOUSTON-Maya Properties of Los Angeles buys the 216,737-sf Deerbrook Plaza and a Houston investment group, led by Mia Reed & Co. acquires the 95,222-sf Lakewood Forest. Lamar Cos. of Morristown, NJ is the seller.

HOUSTON-Avanti Consulting reserves 7,183 sf at 2211 Grogan's Mill in the Woodlands while M.E. Tech lines up 1,646 sf at 10500 Richmond Ave. in Houston's Westchase submarket. Zenith Properties get five-year commitments from both tenants.

HOUSTON-Framecrafters will set up shop in Hempstead Distribution Center 2, a 113,928-sf bulk distribution center at 2030 Afton Rd. in the northwest submarket. The warehouse is four miles from the tenant's corporate offices.