Big 5 Has Outgrown its Name – Adds Store in Sahuarita
Rendering of Goodwill, Rubs and Big 5
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Madera Marketplace in Sahuarita is located at the northeast corner of I-19 and Nogales Hwy and anchored by Walmart Supercenter, Walgreens, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Carl’s Jr. and a 99¢ Only store. Sahuarita Moore Worth, LLC of Texas, a developer for Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ:BGFV) recently purchased a 57,151 sq. ft. outpad at Madera Marketplace for[mepr-show rules=”58038″]$385,000 ($6.74 PSF) from WG Sahuarita Holdings, LLC an affiliate of Whirlygig Properties of Tucson (Barry Kitay and Lynn Taylor, principals).
A pad split was done for the Big 5 Sporting Goods store to build in conjunction with Goodwill and Rubs being built by Whirlygig on the same pad with a shared wall. The contractor, Bock Construction, broke ground last Wednesday and estimates completion to be in about 120 days, or November time frame.
The company, that started out with five army surplus stores in California in 1955, thus the name “Big 5” has since outgrown its name. Big 5 is now one of America’s top retailers of name brand sporting goods and accessories. With 414 locations spread throughout 12 western states, this will be the first Big 5 in Sahuarita and the seventh for the Tucson region. Big 5 stores provide a full product line of traditional sporting goods, in a typical store size of approximately 11,000 sq.ft. for its stores. Its product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, snowboarding and in-line skating.
Dave Hammack and Brenna Lacey of Volk Company in Tucson represented the seller. Charlie Ogburn of Ogburn & Associates in Los Angeles represented the purchaser.
Taylor and Kitay can be reached at (520) 546-9003. Hammond and Lacy are at (520) 326-3200.[/mepr-show]
Historic Manning House to become El Rio Community Health Center Offices for $3.05 mm
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El Rio Community Health Center’s Board of Directors has confirmed the purchase of the historic Manning House downtown, which will house El Rio’s administrative offices in 2015 when 175 current staff members will relocate from the 3480 E Briannia Dr Building at Palo Verde and Valencia at lease termination.
El Rio Community Health Center is the largest provider of medical and dental services to uninsured and Medicaid populations in Pima County. With 17 sites in Tucson, El Rio serves the medical and dental needs of more than 79,000 patients annually. El Rio employs over 800 people with an annual budget of over $90 million dollars. A national model of health care excellence, El Rio’s mission is to “improve the health of our community through comprehensive, accessible, affordable, quality and compassionate care.”
Kathy Byrne, Executive Director of El Rio said, “The health center board of directors is committed to being part of the re-vitalization of downtown, the preservation of an important historic building, and cost effectiveness and efficiency in health center operations.” After a full due diligence process that took several months, the board made the decision to purchase the 34,860 sq. ft. Manning House and adjoining excess land totaling 4.5 acres at 450 W Paseo Redondo in Tucson for[mepr-show rules=”58038″]$3.05 million ($87 PSF) from two Tucson entities (Colleen Concannon, principal). The property was scheduled to be sold in a Trustee Sale on May 29th by the Scottsdale law firm of Kutak Rock on behalf of City National Bank of Los Angeles, but the lender cancelled the foreclosure auction to work with El Rio Health Center.
Richard Spaulding, El Rio’s Facilities Director said, “Plans are to renovate the historic Manning House while construction of El Rio’s new 54,000 sq. ft., two-story building, west of the freeway on West Congress is being worked on; that breaks ground in the next two weeks.” The new building will be directly in front of the current El Rio Gomez building at 839 W Congress where there is parking, and will continue to function until the new facility is able to receive patients, according to Spaulding. Only when the new building is ready, sometime in 2014, and all staff moved into the new building will the Gomez building be razed.
Planning for this new structure has been in the works since 2008, when it became obvious to the El Rio Board that the current health center’s Robert Gomez building was not going to be adequate much longer. That same year they applied for a grant that was unfortunately denied. However, in May 2012, El Rio did receive two federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services, under the Affordable Health Care Act, totaling $5.49 million, to help jump start the new Gomez building on Congress and take care of some smaller renovations at the El Rio Pediatrics building at Midvale and Valencia. El Rio reports the new construction cost for the Congress project to be about $14 million.
Placing the administrative offices nearby at the Manning House and in the center of the other 16 operating El Rio sites makes good business sense since many of the employees, from information technology, security, call center, accounting, Pima Community Access Program and senior leadership now located at the Britannia Building near the airport, frequently need to visit other El Rio locations and community partners in town.
The Manning House was designed by architect Henry Trost and built in 1907 for prominent business man and Tucson Mayor from 1905 to 1907, Levi Manning. The Manning family moved out in 1949 and it became an Elks Club Lodge that added 20,000 sq. ft. sq. ft. to the building and converted the atrium into a ballroom. It later became office space and for the past 17 years before closing last July, has been a meetings and events venue. It is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
James Hardman of DESCO Southwest in Tucson represented the buyer and Ian Stuart Vice-President and Jerry Hawkins 1st Vice-President, Investment Properties of CBRE in Tucson represented the seller in the transaction.
Hardman can be reached at (520) 297-8929. Hawkins should be contacted at (520) 323-5109 and Stuart is at (520) 323-5180.[/mepr-show]
El Rio’s Robert Gomez Building at 839 W Congress in Tucson – to be razed when new building is ready.
Second Builder To Soon Join A.F. Sterling At Tortolita Vistas
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Locally owned and operated, A.F. Sterling Homes (Randy Agron, VP) continuing to build at Tortolita Vistas will soon be joined by Scottsdale builder, Maracay Homes that is under contract for 54 lots. Tucson-based Cottonwood Properties (Bill Hallinan, VP) developed this 230 acre gated community set in the foothills of the Tortolita Mountains. Tortolita Vistas located in the Town of Marana offers spectacular mountain views in every direction, the Santa Catalinas and Pusch Ridge to the east, the TucsonMountains to the south, and the Silverbells to the west. Custom home sites, range in size from ¾ of an acre to a little over 1 acre.
On May 30th, A.F. Sterling took down four lots in a rolling option at[mepr-show rules=”58038″]$449,000, or $112,250 per lot. These custom home sites come with the infrastructure in place for builder to complete the pad. A.F. Sterling through its affiliate Scotia JV 2005, LLP has a rolling option for a total of 34 custom home sites that began in 2011.
Randy Agron, Vice-President of A.F. Sterling told us that they have one 3541 Model available, eight homes have sold and 13 more are under contract and in various stages of construction.
The A.F. Sterling series of executive-style single story homes in Tortolita Vistas measure from 2,394 to 3,541 square feet, with base prices ranging from the low $400,000 to mid $500,000 in this Northwest gated community. Six home designs are available in three, four and five bedroom floor plans on home sites that average approximately three-quarters of an acre in size.
To visit take Thornydale Road north of Tangerine Road.
Agron at A.F. Sterling can be reached at (520) 577-3600. Hallinan at Cottonwood Properties can be contacted at (520) 299-8424.[/mepr-show]
