HOUSTON-Southwestern Professional Institute extends and adds to take the bottom line to 12,693 sf in the far southwest submarket. In the Southwest Freeway corridor, CSI Software closes a deal for 6,076 sf.

LA PORTE, TX-Lease Home Depot has signed on for more than 200,000 sf of sublease space at a LaPorte warehouse that was originally designed for hazardous materials.

HOUSTON-According to the research director for a noted Houston real estate consulting firm, the current local retail market is like a Christmas afternoon littered with shiny new toys and lots of empty boxes.

The owner of a Dallas-based flooring company has purchased a 17,800-sf industrial building in the northwest Houston for $1.2 million.

SUGAR LAND, TX-Riba Foods takes 3.5 acres in Sugar Land Business Park and AOR Real Estate buys 3.4 acres in First Colony, where US Oncology will build its eighth cancer care center. Sugarland Properties is the seller of both tracts.

HOUSTON-After six years, the Nashville owner parts with Pagewood Place in the Westchase submarket, saying the time was right to sell. The buyer is Titan Management, which out-finessed 10 others to take the deed.

HOUSTON-Interceramic, a tile manufacturer and distributor, stamps a 10-year lease in the northwest corridor to gain an extra 22,673 sf in a relocation from within the submarket. Finish-out has started; move-in is planned for September.

HOUSTON-Walden's four properties attracted at least 20 offers, of which seven wanted the entire lot. American Realty Advisors, formerly the Fidinam Group, won the race for a package marketed at a combined price of nearly $54 million.