AZ ITX Partners, LLC an affiliate of Harrison Properties, LLC of Phoenix (James Harrison, managing member) purchased 6.2 acres of vacant land at the southeast corner of 22nd Street and Alvernon Way from Evergreen Development Company of Phoenix for $1,382,842 ($5 PSF). The site is a portion of the former 19 acre DeAnza Drive-in Movie Theater that Evergreen bought the 19 acre property, which was Tucson’s last operating drive-in movie theater from De Anza Land and Leisure Corporation in 2009. The theater opened in 1951 under the name Cactus Theater.

The 6.2 acres will be developed for a professional office building, approximately 100,000-square-feet in size, by Harrison Properties a real estate developer.

Hank Amos of Tucson Realty & Trust Company of Tucson represented the buyer. Greg Furrier, Principal and Rob Tomlinson, Retail Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the seller Evergreen Development Company in this transaction.

Rob Tomlinson and Greg Furrier sold other portions of the original 19 acre property to Progressive Insurance and Quik Trip. There are 8 acres remaining to be sold and developed, including frontage Pads on both 22nd Street and Alvernon Way.

Furrier should be contacted at (520) 546-2735 and Tomlinson is at (520) 546-2757. Amos can be reached at (520) 327-0009.

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[mepr-show rules=”58038″]Sale date: 1/31/2014. All cash transaction. APN: 130-14-039A[/mepr-show]

Literacy Connects purchased the property at 200 E. Yavapai Rd for $375,000 ($25 PSF) which includes a building of +/-14,921 SF on approximately 4 acres of land.  The building will be remodeled to accommodate the organization’s: Literacy Connects, Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, Reach Out and Read, Reading Seed, and Stories that Soar.

Literacy Connects was founded in July 2011 by the merger of five literacy organizations. The merger created a powerful voice to promote literacy in all its forms and was based on the belief that by working together we can create the kind of community in which we all want to live.

As part of Literacy Connects, each program is part of a literacy movement that creates opportunities and resources to support the learning goals of individuals in our community.

Literacy Connects is about how we – as individuals, neighborhoods, organizations and businesses – share a human connection around literacy that helps each of us learn, grow and have a voice. Together, we are developing more resources, serving more people, doing more good, and accomplishing more than ever before.

The seller was Clarum Yavapai, LLC of California that was represented by Ian Stuart of CBRE. The buyer, Literacy Connects, was represented by Nancy McClure and Michael Laatsch, of CBRE in Tucson.

Stuart can be reached at (520) 323-5180, while McClure is at (520) 323-5117 and Laatsch at (520) 323-5191 for more information.

Landmark, McGraws Cantina and Steakhouse, has been an iconic experience in Tucson for over 25 years at 4110 South Houghton Road in East Tucson. It recently came under new ownership and management. The new owner, Brian Cummings, who also owns O’Malley’s on 4^th Street with his brother, says he was always attracted to McGraws. From its hilltop perch, McGraws overlooks the Pantano River, delivering endless views, that on a clear day includes as far away as Picacho Peak.

“McGraws has always been the best place in town to watch the monsoons roll in,” Cummings said.

McGraw has always been a steakhouse and that won’t change, open for lunch and dinner. Cummings has updated the facility, including patio and grounds, but plans to keep the moniker of ‘The Best Steak in Town’.

Although McGraw is also well known for its burgers, ribs, and chicken, when you go to a steakhouse and order the steak, you expect an amazing, transcendent experience that McGraw delivers.

How do restaurants get their steaks so tender, so flavorful, so perfect? We asked.

Cummings told us the best steakhouses and restaurants start with the best, most expensive grades of beef. In the United States it is known as Certified Angus Beef Steaks. The demand for this high quality beef makes it impossible for you and I to purchase at a regular grocery store. It is very, very good, if not the best.

Then, most fine steakhouses age their beef to intensify the flavor and improve the tenderness of the cut. Aging is done by letting the meat sit (in very controlled conditions) for several days or weeks. This is a difficult process for the average person to perform at home because the risk of spoilage and food poisoning can be very high.

Nothing beats an experienced steak cook and great steaks need little seasoning. However, every great steakhouse seasons the steaks they cook. Typically, a steak is seasoned with coarse ground black pepper, and sea or kosher salt.

McGraws grills their steaks in a way that you and I would recognize. This makes the sweet of the meat even sweeter. What you get is a sweet, flavorful, mouth that keeps you coming back to McGraw’s Cantina and Steakhouse.

McGraws is open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.. For more information, visit https://tucsonmcgraws.com/ or call (520) 885-3088 for reservations.

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[mepr-show rules=”58038″]Lex McGraw of Tucson Cactus & Cattle Company and Tucson Cactus & Cattle Co., Inc. of Vail retired after 25 years operating the McGraw Cantina and Steakhouse at 4110 S Houghton Road in Tucson. The property with business sold to a long-time friend of McGraw, Brian Cummings of Cummings Land & Cattle, LLC of Tucson. The sale price was $540,000 ($233.77 PSF) for the 2,310 square foot building on 50,530 square feet (1.16 acres) of land.[/mepr-show]