McCraren Compliance (Michael McCraren, member) purchased a 15,186-square-foot industrial building at 3980 E Columbia for $730,000 ($48 PSF). Purchased for business expansion, the company will be relocating from its current location in Tucson that it leased.

The company specializes in safety training and consulting for the mining and transportation industries. It offers regular MSHA new miner training in Henderson, Nevada, Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona as well as onsite training. Other services offered are: Part 48 MSHA annual refreshers, HAZMAT training, DOT monthly compliance services, flagger and defensive driver training. Site assesments, planning and consulting for your safety and/or MSHA plan services.

Located in Alvernon Rail Center, the building (built 1990) is of concrete masonry construction and features a 4,300-square-foot two-story office on a 1.15 acre paved fenced lot. It has 17 foot clearance height, two grade level doors, and 3-phase power.

The seller had occupied the property previously for a family business.

Dave Gallaher, CCIM, with Tucson Industrial Realty represented the seller, MMH Holdings, LLC of Tucson. Pat Welchert, SIORm with Cushman & Wakefield | Picor represented the buyer.

For more information Gallaher can be contacted at 520.294.1610 and Welchert is reachable at 520.546.2748.

To learn more see RED Comp #3301.

PHOENIX, AZ – Ace Vending, a full line vending service operator recently purchased two industrial buildings, one in Gilbert and another in Tucson. The company is privately owned and provides full service coffee, fresh food, snacks and beverage vending throughout the entire United States.

Ace Vending was founded in 1998 by Kevin Van Hazel, Wade Stooks and Chuck Walton. The three partners grew up together in Casa Grande Arizona and have been lifelong best friends. Ace Vending started in a garage in Phoenix Arizona with one vending machine, a pick-up truck and three strong backs. It has since grown into a nationwide company with thousands of accounts. Kevin, Wade, and Chuck still own 100% of the company and are proud to provide employment to many families in Arizona and across this great nation. Ace Vending is a great example of the American entrepreneurial spirit. Through hard work, integrity and innovation Ace Vending has become the best choice in Vending and continues to grow and prosper.

Cushman & Wakefield, announced that Ace Vending had purchased an industrial building at 335 S. Hamilton Court in Gilbert, AZ, for $3.6 million ($87 PSF). Last month the company also acquired a warehouse building at 1365 East Warehouse Avenue in Tucson, AZ for $225,000 ($38 PSF).

Andy Markham, SIOR, Mike Haenel, Will Strong and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented Ace Vending in the acquisition of the Gilbert property. Steve Larsen of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the seller, Arizona-based Bell Holdings BB, LLC.

“Ace Vending required a building that would accommodate its expansion and growing lines of business,” Markham said. “This particular facility provided modern distribution features and room for future expansion, as well as desirable outside storage capacity.”

The 41,490-square-foot building will be fully occupied by Ace Vending. The company will take occupancy of the property in stages during the fourth quarter of 2015.

The 6,000-square-foot warehouse steel building in Tucson will also be fully occupied by the company for warehouse space. Gary Emerson with GRE Partners represented the seller, an LLC formed by Walter Hoge, in the transaction and Chuck Corriere and Jessia Rubin with Keller Williams in Tucson represented Ace Vending.

Aztera Properties, LLC (Manny Teran, manager) purchased an approximately 30,000-square-foot office/manufacturing facility in two buildings at 1120-1140 N Anita Avenue in Tucson for $1.25 million ($42 PSF). The property is at I-10 and Speedway Boulevard in Central Tucson and formerly occupied by Victory Motorcycles.

Technology innovation is the driving force of Aztera, and with four sister companies currently under one 5,000-square-foot roof, the company is expanding into what Teran calls a “hub of innovation”. From thermostat interfaces, to flow batteries and solar enhancements, the company provides diverse technological solutions to specialized problems with a team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers.

In 2011, Teran realized there was a need for customer-focused technology development, and he launched Aztera to respond. The company worked closely with Tech Launch Arizona (TLA) in creating a domain list of experts. TLA under the leadership of Dr. David Allen works with technology companies to commercialize UA technologies and facilitate industry-sponsored research. Aztera worked with TLA to compile a list of 13,000 domain experts who could be called on for specific expertise as the need rises.

For instance, when two TMC nurses approached Aztera with a better idea on how bed-ridden patients could be turned using technology, instead of the current lumbersome pillows and a sheet method, the TiltRite patient turning system was engineered and developed.

Acomni, another sister company, developed a Wi-Fi enabled HVAC monitoring device that allows users to visualize their energy expenses. Users have complete control over the unit and interfacing to the power grid. Power companies can then smooth out power use throughout the gird.

BrockTek, a company purchased by Aztera three months ago, has developed a product called Sun Sweep, a system used to clean solar panels in large commercial solar fields without the use of water. Space for manufacturing of Sun Sweep will be done at the new facility.

BrockTek also has an unmanned aerial and ground systems design and manufacturing company. The company provides complete solutions for aerial and ground data gathering, processing, and analysis in order to deliver strategic and actionable information to clients in military and defense, as well as across a variety of civilian sectors. The BrockTek team is comprised of highly specialized and diverse skillsets in systems design & integration, research & development, composites, custom machining, custom software design, and CAD modeling.

Engineer and entrepreneur, Manny Teran told us, “The two buildings purchased will become a hub of innovation, with manufacturing in the building to the north and offices in the southern building, separated by an installation of solar panels and a few Tesla battery stations on just over 2 acres.”

Gary and Randy Emerson of GRE Partners, LLC represented the seller, the co-trustees of the Louis W. Barassi Revocable Trust of Tucson and Bob Davis of Tango Commercial Real Estate (formerly of Rein & Grossoehme) represented the buyer.

To learn more the Emersons can be reached at 520.777.4949 and Davis cam be reached at 520.906.5682.

For more details on the products being marketed by Aztera go the the websites https://www.acomni.com/, https://www.brocktekus.com/, and https://www.tiltrite.com/ for more information.

Details on this sale transaction can be found at RED Comp #3262.