HOUSTON-A&A Remodeling will move into 10,818 sf at Beltway Service Center in Houston's southwest submarket while Bishop's Original Products, a distributor of oil products, renews 6,440 sf on the city's East Side.

HOUSTON-A group of California investors, knocking on Gables' door, acquires the 404-unit Gables Champions at 5959 FM 1960 West. Gables gets to record a $7.5-million gain for the sale, says Gables' CEO.

FORT BEND COUNTY, TX-Equity One and two co-defendants bargain down a $15.9-million jury award before the presiding judge can OK the verdict. The shopping center owner also foregoes future claims over the tenant's relocation.

BELLAIRE, TX-The 10,908-sf store on nearly 1.2 acres in the Houston suburb goes to a Chicago buyer who is turning around proceeds from a multifamily sale in his hometown. There are 18 years left on the triple net lease for the three-year-old development.

HOUSTON-The Los Angeles seller parts with the 19-year-old center at 8 Uvalde Rd. after owning it for six years. The local LLC buyer gets a Grandy's-anchored center on less than an acre with a 2002 assessment of $361,140.

HOUSTON-Crescent and GE Pension Trust acquire the lone Houston office building in the Met Life offering. Crescent gets 30% ownership plus a fee to lease and manage the 82%-occupied, 567,000-sf high-rise in the Galleria submarket.

HOUSTON-Frontera Petroleum Resources will move less than six miles. Its new address is a 2,120-sf office at the 77%-occupied Regency Square Tower, a 219,100-sf office building at 6200 Savoy.

HOUSTON-Dealers' row will be getting SAAB and Mitsubishi dealerships by summer. Houston dealer Bob Heckeroth will bring in the construction crew in two weeks to start work on a 25,000-sf office/showroom.