PHOENIX-E&V Investments, known for local industrial development, is testing the waters of the office market with a $9-million, class A project at the northwest corner of 19th Avenue and Lone Cactus Road in the Deer Valley submarket.

PHOENIX-States Logistics Services Inc., holding a Gatorade distribution contract, lights Mack Tolleson II, positioned beside the beverage company's manufacturing facility. The 15-month lease has a payout of nearly $1.5 million.

PEORIA, AZ-Mission Viejo, CA-based Mammoth Equities LLC acquires Arrowhead Commerce Center for $13.2 million from Dallas-based developer Jackson-Shaw Co. The three building complex totals 121,402 sf and is 95% leased.

GLENDALE, AZ-The Ellman Cos. breaks ground on Westgate City Center, a 223-acre undertaking with 500,000 sf of mixed uses. The first phase, named the Village, will open in October 2005 at the main entrance of Glendale Arena.

PHOENIX-Maskil Investment Co. of Southern California pays $3.2 million to Rreef for one of the last remaining large vacant industrial buildings in the Southwest Valley. Now, the task is to find a tenant for the 114,871-sf building at 200 S. 49th Ave.

PHOENIX-Belden Wire & Cable hangs a $25-million tag on the 1.5-million-sf industrial facility at 505 N. 51st. Ave. The St. Louis-based Belden recently sold the wire and cable division to a buyer, who took the business and passed on the 95 acres of local real estate.

PHOENIX-Summit Builders is off and running on an expansion to Bank One's 400,000-sf Sky Harbor Operations Center. The second phase will put a second floor onto 1820 E. Sky Harbor Circle South and add a 1,000-space parking garage.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-After searching at least a year, Clear Creek Associates structures a $1.6-million, off-market deal for a 10,000-sf office building. With half of the building leased to executive suite tenants, the firm will set up shop in the 5,000-sf balance.