MESA, AZ-The Salt Lake City-based America's Very Important Pooches pens a five-year lease for 4,800 sf to mark its entry into the metro Phoenix market. The lease for 916 E. Impala is valued at $223,440.

PORTLAND-Parsons Farnell & Grein subleases 7,964 sf from Net IQ at a full-service rate of around $18 per sf per year. Net IQ assumed a lease obligation for 57,000 sf in Downtown Portland's newest office tower when it acquired Webtrends in 2001.

PHOENIX-Buyer JT&T Investments pays $1.8 million for the first-floor suite in the 21,000-sf office building along 52nd Street. The buyer, in turn, is leasing the condo for the long term to Enterprise Technology Services.

BRAINTREE, MA-Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. nearly doubles its space as it renews and expands its lease to more than 11,000 sf at 150 Grossman Dr. in the Braintree Executive Park. The park's two buildings are nearly fully occupied.