PHOENIX—A just-closed land purchase is making way for View 32, a Watt Communities of Arizona project that brings the already active local residential builder into the Arizona rental apartment market.

TUSTIN, CA—Borrower issues will still raise a red flag even as lenders are eager to place capital, yet there are ways to overcome these hurdles, Charter Capital's Colin Dubel writes in this EXCLUSIVE commentary.

DALLAS--Harwood International recently announced a new lease agreement for 25,267 square feet at Saint Ann Court with international law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

PHOENIX—Now that Hines has razed and recycled Elevation Chandler, the real estate developer is helping to usher in a new era of growth for the Southeast Valley.

AUSTIN—Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) has been appointed as the master developer for the construction of a new 57,600-square-foot, class A build-to-suit industrial building, Expo 12, for Excel Filters Inc.'s new satellite manufacturing facility in Expo Business Park, a new industrial park located in southeast Austin.

The makeover of the traditional mall continues says Howard Wong of Passco in this EXCLUSIVE column for ICSC Western States.

DALLAS--GruenePointe Holdings LLC, a transitional medical facility investment company and owner of the Adora transitional care brand, has closed on the sale and leaseback of nine Texas skilled nursing facilities (SNF) to MedEquities Realty Trust Inc. for $133.4 million, a deal which was structured by GruenePointe owners US Freedom Capital and OnPointe Health Management.

SAN ANTONIO—In a joint venture, Tryperion Partners and Goodstone LLC have acquired Network Tech Center, an 84,505-square-foot, three-building office park located in University Business Park in the city's northwest submarket.