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The Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona (Debbie Rich, CEO) purchased the former Broadway Diner at 4330 E Broadway Blvd in Tucson for a new regional headquarters campus. The Girl Scouts already owned the adjacent property at 4300 E Broadway and  the vacant diner property had been vacant for several years.

The Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona (GSSoAz) paid[mepr-show rules=”58038″]$500,000 for the 4,000 sq. ft. building on 33,750 sq. ft lot for land value and plan to raze the former diner for construction of a new regional headquarters campus.

GSSoAz is a non-profit organization serving more than 14,000 girls ages 5-17. Membership also includes over 3,000 adult volunteers who serve as leaders, trainers, consultants, and board members. GSSoAz covers the southern region of the state, serving girls in Pima, Cochise, Greenlee, Yuma, Santa Cruz and southern parts of Graham, Maricopa, and Pinal counties. In addition, Girl Scouts also serves our Native American communities, military installations, and border communities in Southern Arizona.

GSSoAZ is chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA. The Council was established in Arizona in 1935.

David Montijo, First Vice President of CBRE in Tucson and Paul Schloss, formerly with CBRE and now with Bourn Advisory Services, represented the Girl Scouts providing strategic site selection services to its Site Development Team. The seller, Tucson Dynamo Restaurants, Inc of Scottsdale was represented by Rick Borane and Terry Dahlstrom, Senior Associates with Volk Company in Tucson.

The Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona have already launched its capital campaign to fund the development of the new facility, which is anticipated to break ground towards the end of the year.

Rich can be contacted at (520)319.3168. To reach Borane or Dahlstrom call (520) 326-3200. Montijo can be reached at (520) 323-5136 and Schloss is at (520) 323-1005.[/mepr-show]

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Chestnut Construction of Tucson (Michael Wattis) through an affiliate, IP Building LLC purchased 15 acres at Innovation Park to construct a build-to-suit for Securaplane Technologies for[mepr-show rules=”58038″]$1.4 million. The seller was Venture West of Tucson (Neil Simon) affiliate, VWI/Vistoos Development, LLC.

Securaplane Technologies, a leading supplier of avionics products for business, commercial and military aircraft, broke ground Friday, March 29 at the site on the firm’s new 55,000-square-foot physical plant in InnovationPark, at Tangerine Road at Innovation Park Drive. Securaplane’s continued strong market growth has made it necessary to increase the size of its operations to support production programs for business jet, air transport, rotorcraft and military customers.

“This is an exciting time for us,” said Shubhayu Chakraborty, president of Securaplane Technologies. “The aviation industry is witnessing a period of prolonged, favorable growth, with Securaplane beating industry trends. We are delighted to be able to accommodate this expansion within OroValley’s InnovationPark – a beautiful setting that will help us to continue to recruit and retain top talent. The Town of Oro Valley has fostered a spirit of partnership with Securaplane from day one, so I am confident that we will be able to execute this project flawlessly.”

“Securaplane is a welcome addition to InnovationPark, which is fast-becoming a hub for bioscience and hi-tech industries,” said Mayor Satish Hiremath. “We’re also proud to announce that Securaplane will be the first business to benefit from the newly-established Economic Expansion Zone.”

The Economic Expansion Zone, approved by the Oro Valley Town Council last October, is an overlay district intended to streamline the development review and permitting process, and reduce the time required to establish or expand a business in that area

“We’re just as much on pins and needles as you guys are,” Hiremath told Securaplane. “You’re our first project. We are fully committed to making sure any hiccups are addressed, and this is as seamless as we possibly can make it.”

Securaplane Technologies, which now employs 160 people at its Foothills Business Park location in OroValley, is a leading supplier of avionics products for business, commercial and military aircraft. It specializes in energy storage, power electronics, airborne cameras, cellular security and wireless control systems.

The building should be finished at the end of November, with the move from the Foothills Business Park taking place during December and January. “It will be in sections as we will have to continue supporting customer demand during that time,” the company said.

Forty percent of the new building space will be dedicated to operations and production, with another 40 percent for engineering and laboratory uses, and 20 percent for sales, finance and administration. Securaplane expects to be near 215 employees over the next five years.

Securaplane is an operating subsidiary of Meggitt PLC. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Meggitt PLC is an international group operating in North America, Europe, and Asia. Known for its specialized extreme environment engineering, Meggitt is a world leader in aerospace, defense and energy markets.

Bob Davis, Managing Director of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank in Tucson represented the seller. Tim Healy, Vice President and Bob Delaney Vice President of CBRE in Tucson represented the builder.

Simon is at (520) 722-9292. Wattis can be reached at (520) 886-8806. Davis should be contacted at (520) 321-3340. Healy is at (520) 323-5119 and Delaney at (520) 323-5171.[/mepr-show]

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Discount Tire of Scottsdale (Michael Zuieback, President), through affiliate Halle Properties, LLC, purchased lot 11, a 37,790 sq. ft. pad, at Houghton Town Center for[mepr-show rules=”58038″]$700,000 ($18.50 PSF).  Located at the southwest corner of Old Vail Road and Houghton Road in Southeast Tucson, Discount Tire will construct a 7,000 sq. ft. store near the 100,000 sq. ft. Super Walmart store under construction. Both retailers report pushing ahead for a Q1 2014 opening.

Walmart purchased its 11 acre lot at the Center in June 2012 from the developer.

Discount Tire Company, with more than 860 stores in 26 states, has grown to become the world’s largest independent tire and wheel retailer. The company was founded in 1960 when founder Bruce T. Halle rented a building in Ann Arbor, MI. Although the inventory consisted of only six tires (four of which were retreads) and the showroom was not quite the showroom we see today, faith, vision and hard work were then, and still remain, the foundation on which this company has grown and prospered.

As with any new start-up, Bruce Halle’s venture faced numerous challenges – perhaps one of the biggest being that he didn’t own an air compressor. Having only six tires and a portable air tank, Halle would race back and forth to a nearby gas station, filling the tires with air as he sold them. Out of necessity, he became a master at inventory turn. In addition to being the only salesman, Bruce Halle was the tire technician, accountant, store computer, sign painter and cleaning crew. Day by day, tire by tire, this one-man operation slowly grew into what is now one of the most recognized names in the industry.

Discount Tire employees well over 10,000 employees, with 1,900 in Arizona between its Scottsdale headquarter and currently 70 store locations through out the state, and 11 in Tucson. Each store employs on average about 12 people.

Alan Tanner of Bourn Partners in Tucson represented the seller. Houghton Town Center is a joint venture with Bourn Partners and Diamond Ventures. At full build-out, the project will be approximately 750,000 square-feet on 85 acres.

Borderland Construction Co. have been putting in infrastructure at the Center with concept plans from SBBL Architecture + Planning and Rick Engineering’s design work. Retailers may use Diamond’s design team or select their own architects.

For more information on Houghton Town Center, contact Tanner at (520) 318-6624 or Kelley at (520) 577-0200. Zuieback with Discount Tire can be reached at (480) 606-6000.[/mepr-show]