POMPANO BEACH, FL-Astoria Imports paid Hidrock Realty about $54.40 per sf for the freestanding building here. The furniture distribution company plans to occupy the building, which has been vacant for about two months.

HOUSTON-Midland Reclamation Co. of Dow, IL is setting up shop in the city in a freestanding building at 131 Eichwurzel Lane under a medium-term lease with a purchase option clause for it and a 12,000-sf neighbor, which are on the market for $550,000.

FAYETTEVILLE, GA-In the largest retail deal of the year in the state, the Oak Brook, IL-based REIT pays Thomas Enterprises of Smyrna, GA $172 million, or $122.86 per sf, for the eight-year-old Fayette Pavilion in the city, about 20 miles south of Downtown Atlanta.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The new role goes to Charles Hickcox, a lawyer with a strong background in real estate and three Olympic gold medals to boot. Hickcox will head up development and acquisition activity in Arizona.