RETAIL – 3101 W INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD, PHOENIX

Bill Johnson’s Big Apple West restaurant at 3101 West Indian School Road in Phoenix sold for $675,000 ($65 PSF) to Scott Capital Holdings of Arizona, LLC for the 10,346- square-foot building. Martin Leon and Chris Corso with DeRito Partners in Phoenix represented the buyer. Mike Myrick, Chris Ferow, Shelby Tworek and Gabe Ortega of NAI Horizon of Phoenix negotiated the sale for the seller, Bill Johnson’s Restaurants, Inc.

OFFICE CONDO – 690 E WARNER RD, GILBERT

A 1,366-square-foor office condo (built 2006) at Warner Plaza, 690 E Warner Road in Gilbert sold to C&R Investment Group, LLC for $116,110 ($85 PSF). Justin Horwitz with Sperry Van Ness of Phoenix represented the seller.

INDUSTRIAL – 6150 W GILA SPRINGS PLACE #26, CHANDLER

Bernards Chandler, LLC sold a 5,018 square-foot industrial property at 6150 West Gila Springs Place, Building N 26, in Chandler for $600,000 ($120 PSF). Rod Beach with Cresa Phoenix represented the buyer, Gila Springs Building, LLC. Rick Foss and Laurel Lewis of NAI Horizon in Phoenix represented the seller.

OFFICE – 595 N DOBSON ROAD, SUITE A15, CHANDLER

Victory Associates II, LLC sold a 2,441 square-foot medical condo at 595 N Dobson Road, Suite A15 in Chandler for $366,150 ($150 PSF). Roy Grinnell with Benchmark Commercial represented the seller. Mike Myrick and Alexandra Loye with NAI Horizon of Phoenix represented the buyer, Reddy GI Associates.

4.76 ACRES VACANT LAND AT MCDOWELL MNT RANCH & THOMPSON PEAK PKWY

A 4.76 acre parcel at the southwest corner of McDowell Mountain Ranch and Thompson Peak Parkway sold to Capital Services, LLC for $2 million ($9.65 PSF). Lance Umble of Phoenix Commercial Advisors in Phoenix represented the buyer and Neil Sherman of Sperry Van Ness of Phoenix represented the seller, Sina East, LLC. (Watch for more information to follow on this transaction.)

Spirit Halloween, an affiliate of Spencer Gifts, LLC of Egg Harbor, NJ, the largest seasonal Halloween retailer in North America, has opened its gates for the 2013 Halloween season in each of the 1,050 Spirit Halloween locations in the United States and Canada this year. Celebrating 30 years of business, Spirit Halloween continues to provide one-stop shopping for everything from top costumes and decorations to accessories and party goods.

Of the 1,050 stores this year, there are a total of 37 in Arizona, with 25 in the Phoenix metro area and 7 in and near Tucson; 5 other stores are spread out around the State. Spirit typically leases for 3-months, ideally from August to mid-November and do site selection from January thru August. Spirit can merchandise any space, but their preferred size is between 5,000 to 10,000 square-feet. However, no space is too large.

Shoppers get to experience the store’s award-winning, interactive displays – if they dare. When first entering a Spirit Halloween store, shoppers will laugh with fear from the Clown Train featuring the Thrashing Clown that shakes and eerily laughs while welcoming guests to the store. As shoppers continue to explore, they’ll also come across the Misfortune Teller, but shouldn’t expect to hear any good news from her! Additional customer-centric displays include Spirit Hallows Asylum – which features the Electrocuted Prisoner and Jumping Dog – and The Haunted Mansion which highlights the Pumpkin Nester and Gruesome Granny.

For shoppers who are looking to make their home the spookiest in the neighborhood, Spirit Halloween also offers an all new exclusive line of lawn decorations, Lawn Scares – which includes Zombie Flamingos, Zombie Cats, Zombie Gnomes, and Zombie Deer.

“For the past 30 years, we’ve led the way in Halloween trends and we’re excited to continue that tradition this year,” said Steven Silverstein, President and CEO, Spirit Halloween. “Halloween enthusiasts will find anything and everything needed for the long weekend of celebrations this year. Spirit Halloween offers the widest variety of costume options and best products in the market.”

As the authority on all things Halloween, Spirit is thrilled to announce the top 10 costume trends for the coming season. Superheroes, Disney characters and popular on-screen personalities reign supreme for 2013:

With Halloween falling on a Thursday this year, Spirit Halloween predicts a monster Hallo’weekend – enthusiasts will be able to celebrate for not just one night, but three! In addition to the huge selection of top costumes, for those looking to celebrate more than one night, Spirit offers a wide variety of accessories that you can mix and match for DIY costumes.

To locate a Spirit Halloween store in your area, visit www.SpiritHalloween.com. For exclusive discounts and the inside scoop on all things Halloween, “Like” us if you dare on Facebook www.Facebook.com/SpiritHalloween, follow us on Pinterest www.Pinterest.com/SpiritHalloween, follow us on Twitter @SpiritHalloween, and check us out on YouTube www.youtube.com/SpiritHalloweencom.

On Thursday morning, September 26, 2013, APL Logistics dispatched the first ever ocean container to the Port of Tucson container yard, to be loaded locally with an export shipment going straight to Japan.  Azmira Pet Food, a Tucson company, is the first to take advantage of the new capability at the Port of Tucson to directly ship ocean freight to outbound ports. The makers of Azmira Pet Food previously had to rent an empty freight truck to pick up their product and drive it to the Port of Los Angeles for export. Last week, they simply drove it a mile down the road to the Port of Tucson and loaded it onto an ocean container where it rolled away by rail to the L.A. port, destined for Osaka, Japan. Please view the two minute video of this historic event Azmira filmed to show how quick and simple the whole process went.

The Port of Tucson has been used for Domestic Service but this year reached International Service status as an International Inland Port. With an aging and overburdened U.S. interstate system, the strategic location of Tucson between Texas and California, and Canada and Mexico, makes it key to both rail and road service. You don’t get cargo to Phoenix from the East Coast, Chicago, Texas (Asia) or Mexico by rail without going through Tucson. The Port of Tucson has already put in place a multi-million dollar infrastructure that includes 2 million-square-feet of warehouse buildings and nine miles of private rail tracks by the owners and is an active transportation and logistics center on the Union Pacific Rail line. To see our earlier story on The Port of Tucson of Sept. 5, 2013 click here.

Dr. Lisa S. Newman, N.D., Ph.D. founded Azmira Holistic Animal Care® in 1982, very little was known about natural health care for pets at that time. Concerned about her own pets’ health problems, she found few answers through traditional avenues, so she drew upon her education in human nutrition, homeopathy, and alternative care, and set out to research and develop safe, effective programs for all pets. The information that she gathered soon became of great interest to others and proved to be effective.

During Dr. Newman’s initial research, she was shocked not only by the lack of quality in existing products, but by the lack of all-natural pet supplement products in the marketplace altogether.  These findings, coupled with the overwhelming sense of betrayal she felt by national products that fell short of their advertising claims, led Dr. Newman to create her own product line in 1988.

Azmira Holistic Animal Care® is one of the very few companies whose products are formulated by an experienced natural products researcher, not just a “marketing”, “ingredient”, or “money” person solely concerned at the end of the day with profits. As a result, the products that Dr. Newman formulated continue to address many health and behavioral issues when other alternative or traditional medical approaches have failed.

In 1991, Dr. Newman was joined by Marcy Merin. As a former client, Marcy had witnessed such a health improvement in her own dogs that she wanted to share in the growth of the company so that many more animal caregivers could benefit as much as she had. Together, with the help of an exceptional staff, an in-depth understanding of how nature works for pets, years of documented professional experience, adhering to high ethical standards and truthful promotions, they have grown from pioneers to leaders in this exciting field.