HOUSTON-Rent is 16.2% higher than a year ago and FFO is up 6.6%. The portfolio's overall occupancy rose just a shade to 91.8% while the leased retail fell 0.2% to 92.6%. Weingarten typecasts the Q1 run as another strong performance.

HOUSTON-Boxer Property Management buys a 76,093-sf office building at 8700 Commerce Park Dr. after it lingered on the market for 18 months. The half-filled office building no longer fit the portfolio, says the seller's broker.

HOUSTON-Affordable Apartments of America, a Houston-based operation, secures a Triple A rating from Freddie Mac on a 30-year loan with 5% interest rate in a dollar-for-dollar restructuring of the tax-exempt bonds that financed the 2001 purchase.

HOUSTON-A Houston law firm holds firm in 10,643 sf while a Dallas staffing company sheds some office space to sign for 8,360 sf. In both cases, the tenants looked around and then signed mid-term leases for existing addresses.

HOUSTON-A week after cornering a 740,000-sf renewal, Trizec's Houston team holds onto three tenants, grabs some expansions and adds a new name to the roster for three class A office buildings. The leases range from 41,781 sf to 9,970 sf.

HOUSTON-It took 18 months, but a buyer has been found for the 11,152-sf building on 1.3 acres in the deed-restricted Northwest Crossing Business Park. The final price fell close to the $775,000 ask.

HOUSTON-Amigos Library Services has taken the keys to an office at 5000 Gulf Freeway in the University Business Park. Key to the site selection was a location near the University of Houston's library.

THE WOODLANDS, TX-The drug store's newest Houston-area location will be in the College Park Shopping Center in the Woodlands, where it's snagged a pad site right in front of a Lowe's. Eckerd is planning a mid-summer opening.