HOUSTON-James Avery Craftsman has joined the lineup for a lifestyle expansion at Kingwood Commons. The jeweler makes a long-term pledge for 2,824 sf to get its ninth location in Greater Houston.

HOUSTON-Verizon Wireless and Men's Wearhouse will open stores in late summer in the newly constructed, two-tenant Baybrook Collection in the far southeast submarket. In Westchase, the same owner lands two more names to fill a 10,000-sf property.

HOUSTON-A Houston investment group buys three acres near Hobby Airport in the southeast submarket while a businessman takes control of about 2.3 acres in the far northwest quadrant. Both tracts appear destined for industrial development.

DICKINSON, TX-A Dallas investor sells the lone Houston-area asset to another investor, also from Dallas, for about $3.5 million. With the deal done, the new owner is planning a major overhaul as the search begins for a new anchor.

HOUSTON-Insituform Technologies of Chesterfield, MO, takes a 10,800-sf warehouse from its former user and current owner. The inbound tenant signs a mid-term lease for the holding. A West Side deal lands a 2,420-sf tenant for a Park Row property.

HOUSTON-Granite Ridge, a New Mexico-based research and development firm, stamps a three-year lease for the building, bought empty late last year as an investment. Inside the Loop, a three-year tenant extends for the short term.

HOUSTON-TheraWorks takes 2,200 sf in a 27,000-sf office building of predominantly medical users. Finish-out is underway for the Rockmead Professional Center office, with occupancy eyed for mid-July.

HOUSTON-The Fort Worth retailer will open its second combination store in Houston, signing for an under-construction, 78,000-sf third phase to the Kingwood Commons center. The lifestyle component, now 80% pre-leased, delivers in October.