Small Business Grant Program Being Offered to Rio Nuevo District Businesses

Rio Nuevo, YWCA of Southern Arizona and City of Tucson are offering small business continuity grants for Rio Nuevo District small businesses.

YWCA of Southern Arizona will distribute grants of up to $50,000 to local small businesses in the Rio Nuevo District that are experiencing economic hardship and a loss of income due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19. The Small Business Continuity Grant Program for Businesses within the Rio Nuevo District is made possible by the We Are One | Somos Uno Resiliency Fund using City Federal CARES funds to support local businesses.

Please visit YWCA Tucson link below for more information including eligibility requirements.

Small Business Grant Program 

The Rio Nuevo District strategically invests in public and public/private projects towards a shared vision for a vibrant Tucson city center by leveraging downtown Tucson’s unique competitive advantage as the region’s urban and cultural center. To find out more about Rio Nuevo projects visit www.RioNuevo.org.



Larsen Baker acquires Skyline & Campbell Building for Redevelopment

Tucson, Arizona – Tucson based Larsen Baker, through its affiliate Skyline Encantada Investors, LLC, has acquired the office buildings at 6041 N Campbell Avenue, located at the northwest corner of Skyline Drive and Campbell Avenue, formerly occupied by Bank of America. Larsen Baker will redevelop the 1980’s era buildings into new high-end office space. The project will be renamed skyCAM.

The sale price was $3.55 million ($300 PSF) for the 11,840-square-foot building, built in 1978, as a bank branch.

“We see the intersection of Skyline and Campbell as one of the top three intersections in all of Tucson.” said Melissa Lal, President of Larsen Baker.  “With our recent redevelopment of adjacent Gallery Row so well accepted, we saw a similar opportunity to create beautiful and modern office space worthy of its prestigious address. We believe our renovation and repositioning program will attract companies that have been looking to relocate, but previously lacked viable luxury office options in the Foothills.”

The property redesign, renaming and rebranding will be completed in conjunction with the architectural design firm Repp + Mclain based in Tucson, Arizona. For information about leasing opportunities contact Melissa Lal at 520-296-0200 x 213.

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Overstreet Class A Mixed-Use Development in Downtown Chandler Sells for $12.3M

Newly developed trophy MXU office/retail project 100% leased

CHANDLER, Ariz.– Cushman & Wakefield announced today the firm has advised the sale of Overstreet, a fully leased, Class A mixed-use office/retail development in downtown Chandler (Greater Phoenix), Arizona. Newly constructed in 2018, the property consists of 31,804-square-feet comprising of two separate ground-level retail spaces with a contiguous second floor of office spanning across an interior street between the retail. The asset was acquired by Oversteet Project, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company for $12.3 million.

The seller was DT Chandler, LLC an Arizona limited liability company formed by LGE Design Build and Valley investors Mike Anderson and Bret Anderson. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover, Scott Boardman and Chris Hollenbeck of Cushman & Wakefield Phoenix represented the seller in the disposition and Steve Beck of CoBe Real Estate represented the buyer.

“Overstreet is a rare mixed-use property situated in one of the most sought-after markets in the greater Phoenix area, and offering stable, long-term tenancy,” said Eric Wichterman, Executive Managing Director. “The project is ideally positioned at a hard-corner location along Arizona Avenue, the area’s main thoroughfare, with access from three roadways in the center of Downtown Chandler, an eclectic ‘urban’ environment containing hip restaurants, shops and entertainment venues.”

Located at 140 N Arizona Ave, Overstreet Chandler consists of approximately 58% office and 42% retail space. The property features cutting edge architecture and interior improvements and also includes a large digital media billboard that wraps the corner of the neighboring building. A ±350-stall, five-story public parking garage provides on site parking.

The property is 100% leased to a high-quality, synergistic tenancy including a breakfast hot spot, Mexican food, burgers, tea, ice cream and an industry leader in healthcare reimbursement on the second floor.

Mike Coover added, “Unique to the property is that in addition to the restaurants’ large outdoor patio areas, there is also additional outdoor seating for patrons, tenants or guests throughout the property’s spacious common areas for a safer environment during COVID-19.”