PHOENIX-The national firm doubles its size, taking 4,127 sf in a long-term lease valued at $242,000. The deal adds the space that's needed to keep Brinks as a tenant at 4914 E. McDowell Rd. The park overall is 95% occupied.

LOS ANGELES, CA-Despite the high cost of doing business, hard-to-secure financing and a down market, Los Angeles County leads the state in planned new hotel rooms and is second in the state in new hotels under construction.

PHOENIX-A local limited liability company has bought 40,794 sf at 3935 W. Adams Ave. to team its ladder and scaffolding operations. The selling price is less than the replacement cost if the land's factored into the equation, says one of the brokers.

PHILADELPHIA-Locally based Berwind Property Group begins two buildings in the 340-acre center in Collegeville, PA, 100% pre-leased to Madison, NJ-based Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. BPG plans an additional 275,000-sf of class-A office space in the center as 32,000-sf One Providence reaches completion.