PIMA COUNTY, Arizona — Daniel Sullivan, who has more than 10 years of senior leadership experience in workforce development and homeless services, has been chosen as the director of Pima County’s Department of Community & Workforce Development (CWD).

Sullivan, who joined the County in 2016, has been serving as a community services manager for CWD, overseeing daily operations for the Homeless Services and Workforce divisions, including the One-Stop Centers, the Dislocated Worker program, the Kino Veterans’ Center and the Sullivan Jackson Employment Center.

Sullivan, 35, replaces Arnold Palacios, who retired Sept. 30. Nils Urman, the program manager for CWD’s Business Services, has served as interim director.

“It’s an honor to be serving in this role,” Sullivan said of being named director. “It’s an immense, wonderful responsibility to lead this department and all the vital and important work it does in the community.”

Sullivan, a University of Arizona graduate, has helped guide CWD through the COVID-19 pandemic while the department provides critical resources and assistance regarding employment, housing, emergency shelter and more.

“The pandemic has been a challenge but it has also forced us to rapidly evolve and look at how we deliver services in a way that’s meaningful and urgent and client-centric,” Sullivan said. “The work that we have done during the pandemic has set the stage for the future. We’re going to keep that pace and that innovation.”

Sullivan is steeped in community services work. The Sullivan Jackson Employment Center, which assists homeless individuals and families seeking to become self-sufficient, bears his last name. The name Sullivan was added to the center in 2010 to honor his father, longtime homeless advocate Paul Sullivan.

“This is in my blood,” Sullivan said. “The Sullivan family has always gravitated toward work that improves lives of others and improves the community.”

Pima County received 115 applications for the position of director of CWD, a department that was created July 1 with the merger of the county’s two major community service departments – Community Services Employment and Training (CSET) and Community Development and Neighborhood Conservation (CDNC).

A five-person selection committee interviewed eight candidates, after which it recommended to County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry that Sullivan be selected as director. A second round of interviews with the top three candidates produced the same recommendation.

Sullivan should be reached at 520-724-7309  or at [email protected]

PHOENIX , ARIZONA – CBRE announced the sale of TriWest Corporate Headquarters Campus, a four-building office property in Phoenix, to an East Coast-based private buyer for an undisclosed amount, making their first investment in the Phoenix market.

CBRE’s Barry Gabel, Chris Marchildon and Will Mast represented the seller, Irvine, Calif.-based Granite Phoenix Complex Holdings, in the transaction.

Located at 15810, 15820, 15830 & 16010 North 28th Avenue, the 121,511-square-foot property is situated on about 12.34 acres within the 100-acre Arizona Business Park in the Deer Valley submarket. The site is 100 percent leased to TriWest Healthcare Alliance, which has occupied the property since 2003 and recently renewed their lease. The property is near Interstate 17 and the Loop 101 Freeway, providing access to 70 percent of Maricopa County within a 40-minute commute.

Due to the proximity to two major freeways, the Deer Valley Office Submarket has the largest concentration of professional and financial services workers in Arizona, with more than 23,000 jobs within a three-mile radius of the I-17 and Loop 101 Freeway interchange, according to CBRE research. The area also has the highest concentration of single-tenant corporate and regional headquarter campuses in metro Phoenix. Approximately 66 percent of the submarket’s office space is leased to or owned by single-tenant corporate users.

”The sale of the TriWest Corporate Headquarters is indicative of what investors are seeking in today’s marketplace,” said Marchildon. “Single-tenant office investment opportunities are a preferred product type due to reliable cash flow and minimal managerial oversight. The sale of this corporate headquarters campus provides the buyer with a recently upgraded facility, in a high-barrier-to-entry location, with a long-term consistent income stream and a tenant that has called this property home for nearly 20 years.

PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. – The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) has issued an Air Quality Health Watch for November 30, 2020, triggered by high winds. Several of the PDEQ air quality monitors that measure particulate matter are in the “moderate” or “unhealthy” range at the moment. Winds are forecasted to continue until this afternoon and, since rain is not forecasted, these wind-blown particles may stay airborne for a while.

PDEQ encourages older adults and those with heart or lung disease to reduce their level of exertion when outside today. Breathing small particles can irritate the respiratory system and worsen chronic heart and lung diseases.

PDEQ monitors air pollution in our region at 14 air quality monitoring sites. Up-to-the-hour air pollution levels are available online at the PDEQ website www.pima.gov/deq.

The public can also sign up at www.pima.gov/deq to receive Air Quality Advisories and other Pima County Department of Environmental Quality notices directly via email.