TUCSON, AZ (May 26, 2026) — Seventeen new leases and five renewals totaling 57,650 square feet were reported in the Tucson market for the week of May 18–22, 2026. New leases accounted for 48,824 square feet, including 21,558 square feet of industrial space, 15,914 square feet of office/medical office space, and 11,352 square feet of retail space. Renewals totaled 8,826 square feet, including 2,647 square feet of industrial space, 3,765 square feet of retail space, and 2,414 square feet of office space. The largest industrial lease was Sidewinder VA LLC’s 9,000-square-foot sublease at 1859 W. Grant Road. The largest office lease was Neurological Associates of Tucson dba Center for Neurosciences’ 6,485-square-foot lease at 2355 N. Wyatt Drive. The largest retail lease was an undisclosed tenant’s 4,644-square-foot lease at 2632 S. 6th Avenue, a retail property.

The following leases were reported to the Real Estate Daily News for the week of May 18–22, 2026.

NEW LEASES

INDUSTRIAL – 1859 W. GRANT ROAD, SUITE 103, TUCSON, AZ 85745, WEST SUBMARKET
Sidewinder VA LLC sublet 9,000 square feet of industrial space at 1859 W. Grant Road, Suite 103, in Tucson, from Real Floors, Inc. Robert C. Glaser, SIOR, CCIM, Principal, Industrial Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord. Brian Bowers with 520 Realty LLC represented the tenant.

MEDICAL OFFICE – 2355 N. WYATT DRIVE, SUITE 101, TUCSON, AZ 85712, NORTHEAST SUBMARKET
Neurological Associates of Tucson dba Center for Neurosciences leased the 6,485-square-foot medical office at 2355 N. Wyatt Drive, Suite 101 in Tucson, from TMC Holdings, Inc. Richard M. Kleiner, MBA, Principal, and Alexis Corona, Office Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord. Doug Marsh with Oxford Realty Advisors represented the tenant.

RETAIL – 2632 S. 6TH AVENUE, TUCSON, AZ 85713, SOUTH SUBMARKET
An undisclosed tenant leased 4,644 square feet of retail space at 2632 S. 6th Avenue in Tucson from Tin Cup Properties LLC. Alex Demeroutis with CBRE represented the landlord. The tenant was unrepresented.

OFFICE – 275 W. CONTINENTAL ROAD, SUITES 133 & 141, GREEN VALLEY, AZ 85622, GREEN VALLEY SUBMARKET
Alignment Healthcare USA, LLC leased 4,536 square feet of office space at Presidio Pointe, 275 W. Continental Road, Suites 133 and 141 in Green Valley, from MAS Real Estate Services, Inc. Thomas J. Nieman, Principal, Office Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the tenant alongside Rob Lambert, Rick Kaplan, and Mat Mat Giles with Cushman & Wakefield. David Montijo with CBRE, Tucson, represented the landlord.

INDUSTRIAL – 1627 W. GRANT ROAD, TUCSON, AZ 85745, WEST SUBMARKET
Southwest Access LLC leased 3,600 square feet of office/warehouse space with dock and grade loading at 1627 W. Grant Road in Tucson from Rodgers-Hoge Partners. Max Fisher with BRD Realty handled this transaction.

RETAIL – 936 E. UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, TUCSON, AZ 85719, CENTRAL SUBMARKET
A City by Just Sports leased 2,570 square feet of retail space at Main Gate Square, 936 E. University Boulevard in Tucson, from The Marshall Foundation. Natalie Furrier and Greg Furrier with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the landlord.

OFFICE – 5190 E. FARNESS DRIVE, SUITE 112, TUCSON, AZ 85712, NORTHEAST SUBMARKET
TMC Healthcare leased 2,544 square feet of office space at Tucson Medical Park, 5190 E. Farness Drive, Suite 112 in Tucson, from TMC Holdings, Inc. Richard M. Kleiner, MBA, Principal, and Alexis Corona, Office Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

INDUSTRIAL – 3601 E. 44TH STREET, SUITES 101 & 102, TUCSON, AZ 85713, SOUTH SUBMARKET
JDA Associates LLC dba B&C Towing leased 2,500 square feet of industrial space at South Dodge Business Center, 3601 E. 44th Street, Suites 101 and 102 in Tucson, from Pegasus Tucson Owner LLC. Paul Hooker, SIOR, Principal, and Andrew Keim, Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

INDUSTRIAL – 2460 W. RUTHRAUFF ROAD, SUITES 170-180, TUCSON, AZ 85705, CENTRAL SUBMARKET
Arizona Optical Metrology LLC leased 2,400 square feet of industrial space at Ruthrauff Commerce Center, 2460 W. Ruthrauff Road, Suites 170-180 in Tucson, from Pegasus Tucson Owner, LLC. Paul Hooker, SIOR, Principal, and Andrew Keim, Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

RETAIL – 6336 N. ORACLE ROAD, SUITE 318, TUCSON, AZ 85704, NORTHWEST SUBMARKET
Satrang Arts dance studio leased 1,740 square feet of retail space at Oracle Plaza, 6336 N. Oracle Road, Suite 318, in Tucson, from Oracle Plaza, LLC. Natalie Furrier and Greg Furrier with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the landlord. Kaitlyn Sump with CBRE, Tucson, represented the tenant. The dance studio is scheduled to open in the fall.

OFFICE – 3567 E. SUNRISE DRIVE, TUCSON, AZ 85718, NORTHEAST SUBMARKET
Pollock Wellness leased 1,571 square feet of office space at La Paloma Corporate Center, 3567 E. Sunrise Drive in Tucson. Jeff Casper with CBRE represented La Paloma Corporation Center. Bruce Suppes with CBRE represented Pollock Wellness. La Paloma Corporate Center is marketed as office space in the Catalina Foothills.

INDUSTRIAL – 6898 N. CAMINO MARTIN, SUITE 140, TUCSON, AZ 85741, NORTHWEST SUBMARKET
Taylor Manufacturing LLC leased 1,460 square feet of industrial space at 6898 N. Camino Martin, Suite 140 in Tucson, from FJM Merced Associates, L.P. Andrew Keim, Industrial Specialist, and Kameron Norwood, Investment Sales & Leasing Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

INDUSTRIAL – 1870 W. PRINCE ROAD, SUITE 26, TUCSON, AZ 85705, CENTRAL SUBMARKET
Pool Palooza, LLC leased 1,440 square feet of industrial space at Exchange Place, 1870 W. Prince Road, Suite 26 in Tucson, from Pegasus Tucson Owner LLC. Paul Hooker, SIOR, Principal, and Andrew Keim, Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

RETAIL – 8060 E. 22ND STREET, SUITE 100, TUCSON, AZ 85710, EAST SUBMARKET
Big Dawgs Italian Beef leased 1,200 square feet of retail space at Parkview Place, 8060 E. 22nd Street, Suite 100 in Tucson, from 8060 E. 22nd St LLC. Natalie Furrier and Greg Furrier with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the landlord.

RETAIL – 6429 N. ORACLE ROAD, TUCSON, AZ 85704, NORTHWEST SUBMARKET
The Peddlers Passage leased 1,198 square feet at 6429 N. Oracle Road in Orange Grove Village, located at the northwest corner of Oracle Road and Orange Grove Road in Tucson. The Peddlers Passage is a boutique craft store selling artisan goods, vintage items, and handcrafted products. The new store is estimated to open in July 2026. Craig Finfrock of Commercial Retail Advisors, LLC, represented the landlord, S1K, LLC, and the tenant represented itself in this transaction.

INDUSTRIAL – 3200 S. DODGE BOULEVARD, SUITE 5, TUCSON, AZ 85713, SOUTH SUBMARKET
CAMBEN Creatives LLC leased 1,158 square feet of industrial space at South Dodge Business Center, 3200 S. Dodge Boulevard, Suite 5, in Tucson, from Pegasus Tucson Owner LLC. Paul Hooker, SIOR, Principal, and Andrew Keim, Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

OFFICE – 7290 E. BROADWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 106, TUCSON, AZ 85710, EAST SUBMARKET
Desert Family Care Services LLC leased 778 square feet of office space at 7290 E. Broadway Boulevard, Suite 106, in Tucson, from Swan Court, LLC. Ryan McGregor and Molly Mary Gilbert, CCIM, Office Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

RENEWALS

INDUSTRIAL – 3860 S. PALO VERDE ROAD, SUITE 315, TUCSON, AZ 85714, SOUTH SUBMARKET
Smith & Annala Engineering Co. renewed its lease with Pegasus Tucson Owner LLC for 2,647 square feet of industrial space at Palo Verde Business Center, 3860 S. Palo Verde Road, Suite 315 in Tucson. Paul Hooker, SIOR, Principal, and Andrew Keim, Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

RETAIL – 3788 S. 16TH AVENUE, SUITES F-02 & F-03, TUCSON, AZ 85713, SOUTH SUBMARKET
Nationwide Vision renewed its lease with Blue Hat, LLC for 2,400 square feet of retail space at Santa Cruz Plaza, 3788 S. 16th Avenue, Suites F-02 and F-03 in Tucson. Dave Hammack and Aaron LaPrise, Principals, Retail Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord. Walter Hale with Mohr Partners, Inc. represented the tenant.

OFFICE – 6400 E. GRANT ROAD, SUITE 110, TUCSON, AZ 85715, NORTHEAST SUBMARKET
Frontline Software Technology Inc. renewed its lease with La Mirada, LLC for the 1,747-square-foot office at Courtyard Centre, 6400 E. Grant Road, Suite 110 in Tucson. Richard M. Kleiner, MBA, Principal, and Alexis Corona, Office Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord.

RETAIL – 3021 E. SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD, TUCSON, AZ 85716, CENTRAL SUBMARKET
Acceptance Insurance Agency of Tennessee, Inc. renewed its lease with Speedway Center Partners for 1,365 square feet of retail space at Speedway Center, 3021 E. Speedway Boulevard in Tucson. Natalie Furrier and Greg Furrier with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the landlord.

OFFICE – 17 W. WETMORE ROAD, SUITE 102, TUCSON, AZ 85705, CENTRAL SUBMARKET
THERAPLAY4KIDZ, LLC renewed its lease with Coronado Tower Tucson, LLC for 667 square feet of office space at 17 W. Wetmore Road, Suite 102 in Tucson. Thomas J. Nieman, Principal, Office Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord. Ryan McGregor, Office Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the tenant.

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TUCSON, AZ (May 26, 2026) — Trader Joe’s is preparing to open its newest Tucson location on Friday, May 29, bringing the specialty grocer to Midtown and marking the company’s first new Tucson store in more than 20 years.

The company’s store page identifies this location as Store No. 288.

The opening gives Tucson a fourth Trader Joe’s location, joining existing stores on North Campbell Avenue, East Grant Road, and in Oro Valley.

The Broadway store will occupy a former Dollar Tree space and represents the culmination of a project that first surfaced publicly through city permit filings and Rio Nuevo-backed redevelopment discussions. City of Tucson permit records show a commercial tenant-improvement application for the existing 12,666-square-foot building.  with architectural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical work for a turnkey store and certificate of occupancy.

The project was previously reported as Trader Joe’s “Coming Soon” in February, providing the clearest public confirmation at that time that the long-discussed Broadway and Plumer grocery project was moving forward.

For Tucson, the opening lands in a larger context locals know well. For decades, one of the most persistent quality-of-life complaints about Downtown and near-Downtown living has been the lack of a convenient full-service grocery store near the urban core. As Downtown, the Sunshine Mile, and surrounding Midtown neighborhoods have added residents, restaurants, adaptive-reuse projects, and mixed-use investment, the demand for everyday retail has become more evident.

That is what makes the Broadway and Plumer location significant. While not Downtown proper, the site sits in a central infill position near the University of Arizona, Sam Hughes, Rincon Heights, Arroyo Chico, Broadmoor-Broadway Village, and other established neighborhoods. It also places Trader Joe’s along a corridor that has seen increasing reinvestment and renewed retail activity.

The project also traces back to a Rio Nuevo-supported effort announced in 2023, when the Rio Nuevo Board approved an investment of up to $4.5 million to help attract an internationally known boutique grocery to the corner of Broadway and Plumer. Local developer Marcel Dabdoub presented plans at the time to acquire the block at the southwest corner and create a high-end grocery and retail project, with projected store revenue approaching $30 million annually. The Rio Nuevo package included a $1.5 million cash investment upon opening and a sales tax rebate capped at $3 million over 10 years.

The Midtown store has already generated strong local attention, particularly around one familiar Trader Joe’s topic: parking. On Tucson social media and Reddit forums, residents joked that the Broadway location “already feels like a Trader Joe’s parking lot,” referencing the chain’s national reputation for compact, high-demand parking areas. Others noted the location’s infill position and walkability compared with more auto-oriented grocery sites.

The addition of Trader Joe’s is expected to strengthen the Broadway corridor’s appeal and could increase interest from neighboring retailers, restaurant operators, and service businesses looking to serve Midtown, Downtown-adjacent neighborhoods, and university-area demand.

Trader Joe’s is continuing its expansion nationally in 2026, with Tucson among several new store openings or “coming soon” locations listed by the company this year.

TUCSON, AZ (May 26, 2026) — The June Economic Development issue of Trend Report is out. This issue began with a question that should make every Southern Arizonan pause: What happens when the very tools that have proven they work are treated as expendable?

The proposed state budget sweep of Rio Nuevo was more than a budget maneuver. It was a warning. Rio Nuevo has become one of Tucson’s most visible economic development engines, helping turn underused downtown assets into restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, mixed-use projects, and renewed private investment. Whether one agrees with every deal or every strategy, the larger point is hard to ignore: when public dollars are structured to leverage private-sector activity, measurable results can follow.

That is why this issue is not simply about Rio Nuevo. It is about the systems that make growth possible.

Economic development is often reduced to ribbon cuttings, headlines, and job announcements. But the real work happens much earlier and much deeper. It is public policy. It is infrastructure. It is water. It is power. It is roads, ports, permitting, workforce, research, commercialization, housing, affordability, and trust. It is whether a region can clearly explain what it wants to become and then align its institutions behind that future.

Cristie Street’s piece from the Southern Arizona Leadership Council makes an important distinction: public policy and economic development are related, but they are not the same job. Policy creates the conditions for growth. Economic development turns those conditions into jobs, investment, and opportunity. Strong regions invest in both. They do not confuse one for the other, and they do not expect one organization, one program, or one elected body to carry the entire weight of regional competitiveness.

That same theme runs through the Growth Council response article. The first Trend Report Growth Council special report struck a nerve because it said plainly what many business leaders have been saying privately: Southern Arizona has enormous strengths, but it also has barriers that must be named honestly. Income growth, education, permitting, infrastructure, collaboration, and political culture are not abstract topics. They shape whether companies choose us, whether young people stay here, whether projects pencil, and whether opportunity expands beyond a handful of corridors.

This issue also widens the lens beyond Tucson. Josh Rubin’s article on Nogales reminds us that Southern Arizona’s economy does not stop at city limits, county lines or even the international border. Nogales is not the end of the road. It is Arizona’s front door to Mexico and one of the region’s most important platforms for trade, logistics, manufacturing, and nearshoring. But that opportunity depends on infrastructure that works: ports of entry, interchanges, frontage roads, power reliability, stormwater planning, and binational coordination.

The research and innovation section points to another part of the same system. Tech Parks Arizona, Tech Launch Arizona, Picard Medical, Arteris Bio, Phantom Space, Optical Support, and American Battery Factory all tell a larger story: Southern Arizona is not just a place with ideas. It is a place where ideas can become products, companies, jobs, and investments. The challenge is ensuring the ecosystem around those companies is strong enough to help them scale here rather than elsewhere.

That means celebrating wins, but also removing friction. A region cannot say it wants advanced manufacturing, bioscience, aerospace, defense, logistics, startups, and headquarters investment while treating infrastructure, permitting, housing, and regional coordination as afterthoughts. Companies notice whether a region is aligned. Site selectors notice whether leaders are working from the same playbook. Investors notice whether public trust is rising or falling.

The TEP franchise proposal, water stewardship discussion, RTA transition, affordability strategy, and JPMorgan Chase remote jobs article all reinforce the same point: growth capacity is not a single thing. It is a network of decisions. Some are technical. Some are political. Some are financial. All of them matter.

Southern Arizona does not lack assets. It has a major research university, a border economy, aerospace and defense strength, emerging life sciences, a growing space sector, entrepreneurial talent, cultural depth, relatively affordable operating costs, and a quality of life many regions would envy.

What it needs now is discipline.

Discipline to protect what works. Discipline to measure outcomes. Discipline to distinguish politics from strategy. Discipline to invest in infrastructure before the opportunity passes us by. Discipline to stop treating economic development as a slogan and start treating it as a system.

The lesson of this issue is simple: Southern Arizona’s next chapter will not happen by accident.

It will be built, aligned, and defended — or opportunities will be missed.

Karen Schutte

Trend Report, Managing Editor