GLENDALE, AZ-The Trammell Crow Co.'s Phoenix office is quarterbacking a plan to build a major employment center on 158 acres near the Phoenix Coyotes' arena site. By Q2 2002, final signoffs on a needed annexation should be in hand.

RICHARDSON, TX-SBC Communications Inc. has dotted the "i's" and crossed the "t's" on an $18-million loan for its 174,825-sf office building in Richardson's Telecom Corridor. GE Capital Business Asset Funding provides the capital at 7.8% in a GMAC-structured deal.

DETROIT-A West Bloomfield, MI researcher paints a portrait of struggling Detroit area office market, but believes it can be saved with a halt to construction and cautious dealing.

PLANTATION, FL-Instead of doing its own inhouse leasing, the Tampa, FL-based office developer is going with C&W to fill the newly constructed Royal Palm at Southpointe office park in this Broward County community 24 miles north of Miami.