PHOENIX-Brookwood Financial Partners closes on its first Phoenix deal this year, a 181,629-sf office building. The owner of three other Arizona properties plans to spend up to $100 million in the next 18 months in the state.

TEMPE, AZ-Debt Free Arizona relocates from 20,000 sf into a 49,845-sf building along East Broadway building in Tempe. The sweet part for employees and movers is that it's just a few blocks away.

HOUSTON-For Cemex, the site was just surplus real estate. But for US Marble, it's a new address with room to grow. The buyer is reinstalling a rail spur to the site and its 10,000-sf warehouse, where it will store marble slabs.

HOUSTON-A computer sales and repair business takes 7,316 sf at a Harwin Road industrial park while a restoration and remediation operator leases 3,703 sf along Sovereign Road. Both tenants are headed into Vantage Houston projects.

HOUSTON-Local market expert Bill Forrest is on board as vice president of Sperry Van Ness' Houston office. Three other independent brokers have been hired for the launch. Forrest will be holding onto his other real estate interests.

TEMPE, AZ-JB Dental Supply is up and running in the West Southern Avenue building after moving in prior to closing under a short-term lease. The buyer also kicked in $40,000 of upgrades before getting the deed.

PHOENIX-Brookwood Financial Partners closes on its first Phoenix deal this year, a 181,629-sf office building. The owner of three other Arizona properties plans to spend up to $100 million in the next 18 months in the state.

HOUSTON-More than 25,000 sf of new deals close for the Galleria Financial Center. Renewals, expansions and a returning tenant highlight the leasing flurry. But, says the building owner's broker, it's not just his building that is seeing more activity.