HOUSTON-American Liberty Hospitality re-ups a 4,852-sf office at 10700 Richmond Ave. in the Westchase submarket. The building's five-year tenant shopped and then stopped to sign a medium-term pact.

ORLANDO-The metro area's 28.1-million-sf inventory remains a tenants' market as free rent and other leasing incentives contribute to an improved year-to-date net absorption of 441,838 sf, according to a new report by the local office of Advantis Real Estate Services Co.

HOUSTON-The region's positive absorption and more goods rolling into warehouses for distribution are solid signs that the blackest days are over. The far northwest submarket accounted for 764,000 sf of the good news, according to Grubb & Ellis' Q3 numbers.

FLOWER MOUND, TX-Direct Development places a $26.1-million loan for the 322,376-sf Highlands of Flower Mound rather than grant more time on a "handshake" option with Inland Realty. The ability to grab a sub-6% interest rate accounts for the call.