MOORESVILLE, NC- Lowe's reports higher earnings growth, sales and same-store sales than rival Home Depot.

HOUSTON-Bradley Associates of Chicago makes the first and best offer for the 119,527-sf, class B office building, putting down close to the $12.8-million ask to win a single-tenant property. The healthcare provider has occupied the building since 1998.

PHOENIX-The office condo developer buys Biltmore Fountains, Biltmore Lakes and the Scottsdale Professional Plaza to get 168,000 sf of class A and B space to retool into "for sale" product now that land's becoming scarce in key submarkets.

HOUSTON-The investor, with a foothold in the Heights Boulevard neighborhood, buys two more properties, getting 47 units with the acquisition of the Kimberely Apartments and Shadow Oaks Apartments. The class B duo is 95% leased at sale time.

PHOENIX-A group of San Diego buyers drive up the acquisition price to win Tudor Plaza, a 20-year-old, class B office building. The group pays $1.8 million or $10,000 more than the list price to get its first Valley deed.

ATLANTA- For the home improvement retailer, 2004 was a record-breaking year.

PHOENIX-International Capital Partners, laying $29.8 million on the line, outmaneuvers 14 other prospective buyers for a two-building park with 175,209 sf that's 97% occupied. Only 16.2% of the leases expire before 2009.

HOUSTON-Cirrus Group gets a group of 20 surgeons to commit to 10-year leases for a 13,000-sf surgery center and 5,000-sf imaging facility in the proposed Spring Creek Surgery Center. The first phase to the 40,000-sf plaza is now poised to break ground.