MOORESVILLE, NC-The home improvement retailer will roll out its big box stores in Toronto in 2007. The company plans to invest $120 million to $200 million Canadian as part of the expansion strategy and will create 1,700 jobs for the Canadian economy.

PHOENIX-The Itasca, IL-based office products retailer is boxing for an immediate move into the six-month-old Riverside Distribution Center, giving up a larger facility in Tempe now that the lease is expiring. OfficeMax signs a three-year pact for the new location.

GLENDALE, AZ-Cabela's lines up its first location in the Valley, picking out 28.6 acres in the 151.5-acre Zanjero for a 160,000-sf store. Development costs, which will range from $40 million to $60 million, will be partially offset by economic incentives.

GLENDALE, AZ-Cabela's lines up its first location in the Valley, picking out 28.6 acres in the 151.5-acre Zanjero for a 160,000-sf store. Development costs, which will range from $40 million to $60 million, will be partially offset by economic incentives.

TUCSON-With plans to develop about one million sf of retail space, the Toronto-based investment group hands over $23 million to Sinclair Oil Corp. for a stake in a 357-acre disposition near the intersection of Interstate 10 and Kino Parkway.

HOUSTON-Michael Preston takes the reins from Marc Goldstein, who ends a one-year reign to pursue other opportunities. The changing of the guard won't impact the plan to buy five to seven properties this year, says the top executive for the parent operation.

PHOENIX-Sierra Tile Supply Inc. takes 23,000 sf of office/showroom space in MainSpring Cotton Center, bringing the under-construction building to 60% preleased. The deal has a payout just shy of $1 million.

PHOENIX-AST Trust Co. chooses Midtown for the headquarters office, inking a seven-year lease for class A space. The company, ponying up $3 million over the lease's term, plans a September move from the Camelback Corridor.