Leasing

FORT WORTH-The Hispanic retail community delivers two tenants for the Fort Worth Town Center, bought a year ago for a repositioning play. A closed club will reopen as an OK Corral while a shuttered theater's lights are flicked by what could be a new chain.

STAMFORD, CT-Ending an office search that lasted more than two years, international global information solutions firm Thomson Corp. will significantly expand its corporate presence here with its signed leases at Metro Center and First Stamford Place totaling more than 130,000 sf of office space.

SAN DIEGO-According to research by Burnham Real Estate Services, San Diego County's office market posted a steady fourth quarter for 2002, with 627,000 sf of net absorption. The 2002 net office absorption at 1.6 million sf outpaced the previous year's figure of one million sf.

NEW YORK CITY-We're on the threshold of war, there are no jobs, the Bush tax plan is a dubious bet and business confidence is still in the dumpster. So why is Mark Zandi so upbeat?

VANCOUVER, WA-Currently located in half as much space in Clackamas, the custom injection molder inks a 10-year deal at the Port of Vancouver. The company expects to expand to 36,000-sf building within four years.

DENVER-The country's fifth largest cable TV company, plans to move its corporate headquarters to Denver if the bankruptcy court approves.

PHILADELPHIA-The Browns Summit, NC-based garden parts and equipment supplier whistles a happy tune after signing a 26,970-sf lease for space in Keystone Property Trust's 7520 Morris Ct. in the Westpark Business Center in Allentown, PA.

HOUSTON-Manhattan Resources slides into the 25-month balance of Ultimate Staffing Services in One Houston Center. The inbound tenant has relocated from the FM 1960 submarket while the outbound tenant shifted its CBD team to the Gallera/West Loop.