HOUSTON-It's a new deal, but an old tenant who slides into the just-vacated office space at Post Oak Place. The publicly traded ATP Oil & Gas Corp., a seven-year tenant, boosts its bottom line to 22,000 sf and keeps the 87,500-sf building filled.

HOUSTON-Talbot's reserves 6,000 sf, Ann Taylor Loft taps 5,200 sf and Chico's is in for 2,600 sf. It's the first signing by the all-star lineup being courted for the expansion of the 99,000-sf Kingwood Commons in North Houston.

HOUSTON-The LYNXS Group and CB Richard Ellis cut the ribbon on a 170,000-sf cargo facility that's been under construction for 1 1/2 years. To date, four tenants are signed, with the first ticketed to move in Feb. 1.

HOUSTON-In the breakdown, the REIT spent $144 million on acquisitions and collected $126 million from dispositions. The fourth-quarter 2002 deal making also set the stage for developments in San Diego, Houston and Northern Virginia.

HOUSTON-In the coming weeks, Education America will move its campus from 33,000 sf along West Sam Houston Parkway to 32,460 sf at Westchase Commons Tech Center, a three-building complex totaling about 150,000 sf.

PASADENA, TX-The Tuckerman Group antes up capital for Embrey Partners' 248-unit Broadwater, the first new multifamily product in four years in the southeastern suburb. It's the third time that Tuckerman's invested in an Embrey development.

HOUSTON-The retailer settles on an inline spot in the 407,000-sf Champions Village Center for its next Houston location. With the lease now signed, the plan is to open the store in April in the Weingarten-owned center.

HOUSTON-Emser Tile of Los Angeles makes a second expansion move in two years, signing for a 112,000-sf warehouse owned by Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust. The commercial tile supplier more than doubles its warehouse space with the new deal.