PHOENIX-The US Fish and Wildlife Service holds tight to the office size and location with a five-year renewal of flex space at 2321 W. Royal Palm Rd. The deal has a payout value of roughly $1 million to building owner, Business Properties of Irvine, CA.

PHOENIX-With plans of building a 30,000-sf distribution facility, Southwest Post-Tension, a Las Vegas-based concrete fabricator, grabs the southeast corner of 39th Avenue and Adams Street in the Rey West Commerce Center.

HOUSTON-Construction near the Port of Houston accounts for 2.2 million sf of the 2.5 million sf rising in market-wide. The momentum comes from developers looking to strengthen their position in the midst of a $1.2-billion port expansion plan.

PHOENIX-Work has begun on a $7.5-million makeover of the three-building, 186,000-sf West Air Cargo Facility at Sky Harbor International Airport. The structures will stay open during the rehab, which includes partial demolition to make way for a new taxiway.

PHOENIX-Carlson Real Estate Co. partners with Elmalon Partners to develop the 31-acre West 101 Commerce Center. In striking the deal, Carlson buys 10 acres to build 118,000 sf in three flex office buildings plus takes a 60% stake in the balance of the land.

HOUSTON-American Spectrum Realty Inc. gets an 81,587-sf structure at 11500 Northwest Freeway from Boxer Property Management Corp. The $5.9-million acquisition, now 89% leased, will be rehabbed.

HOUSTON-Weingarten Realty Investors says it sell at least $60 million of assets in the next 15 months. The assets are either too small or too geographically removed from the rest of the REIT's holdings to hold onto them.

HOUSTON-Weingarten Realty Investors says it will sell at least $60 million of assets in the next 15 months. The assets are either too small or too geographically removed from the rest of the REIT's holdings to hold onto them.