PHOENIX-<b>EXCLUSIVE</b>Artis Real Estate Investment Trust of Canada pays $20 million to Southbank Investments and Caldwell Southbank Real Estate or the single-tenant building. ASM will remain in place on a long-term lease.

HOUSTON-According to McGraw Hill Construction and Greater Houston Partnership, more than $971.2 million in construction contracts were awarded, down 13% from the $1.1 billion awarded in April, 2012.

CARROLLTON, TX-The prefab roofing systems distributor ends up at Frankford Distribution Center I after a state-wide search for an industrial property with a 56-foot spacing requirement.

CHANDLER, AZ-The mortgage servicer and lender opts to place its Advanced Business Service sector in the 153-acre Continuum Science &amp; Technology Park in the business-friendly Price Corridor.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX-The local firm sells five multifamily properties totaling 836 units to a Texas buyer. The sale completes the disposition of an 11-property, 1,773-unit portfolio that came to market in late 2012.

FORT WORTH-Two-and-a-half years after Trammell Crow submitted an expression of interest to develop the FAA's southwest regional headquarters, plans are underway for a September, 2013 groundbreaking in Alliance Park.

HIDALGO, TX-<b>EXCLUSIVE</b>-In an attempt to beef up its commercial real estate asset pool in the border towns, BH Properties bid on – and bought—the Tres Puentes Distribution Center.

PHOENIX-Locally based Wentworth Property is teaming with Clarion Partners to develop the Rio Salado Commerce Park on 60 acres south of Sky Harbor International Airport, at an estimated cost of $60 million.