PHILADELPHIA-Cautioning the client that he was asking to "put a square peg in a round hole," Judson Wambold of Tactix negotiates an 8.5-year-term and other unusual requests with Equity Office's Todd Monahan for 30,600 sf.

POTTSVILLE, PA-Before breaking ground on 153 acres in Highridge Park North within the next two months, the retailer nearly doubles its original plan for a 450,000-sf refrigerated warehouse. Total construction cost is approximately $80 million.

PHILADELPHIA-Madison Apartment Group, Berwind's multifamily operating subsidiary, pays $51,158.54 a unit for six apartment communities ranging from class A to class C and will invest $5.1 million in renovations and upgrades.

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA-The locally based website design firm pays Brandywine $163.46 per sf for the office building at 935 First Ave. and puts its current headquarters at 1075 First Ave. up for sale or lease.

NEW SMITHVILLE, PA-Advance Auto Parts, a rapidly expanding nationwide retailer, buys the industrial facility at 9755 Commerce Circle here and will add 150,000 sf, making this its Northeastern distribution center. The seller is Arcadia Properties.

PHILADELPHIA-Although the Philadelphia MSA drops four notches to 27 in Marcus & Millichap's 2004 national retail research report, "investors view Philadelphia as a reliable, long-term investment location," says Jeffrey Algatt of M&M's local office.

BALA CYNWYD, PA-Who, more than Grace Kelly, epitomizes Philadelphia's Main Line cachet? Look-alike models of Kelly and Cary Grant from Saks Fifth Avenue mark the debut of O'Neill's 108-unit, $100-million Corinthian custom condo at a charity gala.

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA-In its eighth military housing contract, GMH partners with Benham and Centex in a $1.5-billion agreement to build, renovate, and manage communities totaling 3,067 units at Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range.