SHENANDOAH, TX-Melting Pot Restaurants Inc. attempts to solidify a "destination dining base" in the region, tapping 4,800 sf of shell space in the Portofino Shopping Center. The long-term lease sets the stage for a fourth-quarter opening.

TAMPA, FL-Vacancy is down a full percentage point from mid-year 2004 even as two million sf of new product is under construction in the area's six main submarkets, according to separate new analyses by Colliers Arnold and CB Richard Ellis Inc.

TAMPA, FL-Meridian Land Co. pays Stellar Advisors of Rockville, MD a below-replacement price of $48,515 per unit for the 202-unit, 96%-leased property at 10103 Sherwood Lane in suburban Brandon.

TAMPA, FL-The locally based tractor-trailer-freight brokerage company will be taking 52,776 sf for an estimated five years at the three-story, 99,094-sf Highland Oaks III office building in the Interstate 75 corridor. The spec-built structure, being developed by Duke Realty LP, is scheduled to open in summer 2006.