HOUSTON-One tract goes to a bakery owner and the other to a salon operator. The abutting tracts represent the last commercially zoned land in the Memorial Northwest subdivision. Ground will break immediately on both projects, says the broker.

HOUSTON-Lam Equipment and Supplies of Houston is setting up shop in 24,685 sf of a 50,000-sf warehouse in East Houston, subleasing the one-year balance held by a machine shop that shifted the Houston operations to the homeport in Temple, TX.

HOUSTON-Eastbourne Investments and JV partner Trammell Crow sell the 60,000-sf West U Marketplace after a full re-tenanting and redevelopment. Just before the sale, Eastbourne buys a 25-acre development site for a 250,000-sf project.

HOUSTON-Barnes & Noble will build a 25,000-sf store at the Centre in Copperfield center the northwest submarket while Shoe Show takes 5,341 sf at Greenspoint Mall, a 1.7-million-sf venue with major redevelopment plans in hand.

HOUSTON-Regency Centers wins the quartet of deals, bringing new faces to two under-construction centers in the city's northwest submarket and upping occupancy at two other properties. Two leases belong to a styling salon chain.

THE WOODLANDS, TX-International Commodities Export Corp. is relocating from Purchase, NY, to the Woodlands near Houston. The trader, planning a May move, signs a long-term lease for 10,051 sf in a 40%-occupied office building.

THE WOODLANDS, TX-GDR Financial Group buys out RTM Funding, but keeps the operation in the same office building, just on a different floor. The owner signs a medium-term lease for 4,485 sf in the Bank One Building.

HOUSTON-The long-awaited Main Street Square breaks ground this week with a carefully timed construction schedule so it can deliver one month before the light-rail system goes on line. The three-block plaza will feature two boarding stations.