TUCSON, ARIZONA – Two Class A office condominiums recently sold at Top of Swan offices at the northeast corner of Swan and Skyline Drive in Tucson.  The 37,469-square-foot project was built in 2015 and offers office condos for sale and for lease with an option to buy.

KOA Properties, LLC an affiliate of Executive Healthcare (Doug Little, manager) occupied 734-square-feet as a tenant before purchasing the space it was in as well as adjoining condo totaling 2,262-square-feet for $690,000 ($305 PSF) at 6450 N Swan Road.

BB2SB, LLC an affiliate of Elite Medical Experts (Burton Bentley, manager) was occupying 3,792-square-feet at 6440 N Swan Road Ste 100 and purchased it for $1,075,032 ($283.50 PSF).

Jeff Casper with CBRE in Tucson is handling the leasing and future sales of the property. These first two were already in the works when Casper was contracted for the owner, Swan / Skyline Plaza, LLC of Tucson (Andrew Courtney, Director).

Casper told us that with the condos currently in escrow closing, building #3 will be completely closed out, leaving approximately 13,500-square-feet remaining at Top of Swan for sale or for lease.

For more information, Casper should be reached at 520.323.5181.

To learn more, see RED Comp #6585 and #6444.

Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates Sale of 150-Unit Class A Apartment Community in Tempe, AZ

PHOENIX, Arizona – Cushman & Wakefield completed the sale of Lakeside Drive, located at 500 W. 1st Street in Tempe, Ariz. San Diego-based Lakeside Drive Apartments, LLC, purchased the property from Broadstone Lakeside, LLC, an entity formed by Phoenix-based Alliance Residential and Cottonwood Residential located in Salt Lake City, for $44.5 million.

Executive Managing Directors David Fogler and Steven Nicoluzakis of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller.

Lakeside Drive is a brand new 150-unit Class A, luxury rental community located in the center of Downtown Tempe. The community, conveniently located near ASU, Tempe Town Lake, Tempe Center for the Arts, and Mill Avenue, also features a clubroom with gourmet kitchen, two-story state-of-the-art fitness center, swimming pool and spa, poolside cabanas and outdoor entertainment pavilion, rooftop lounge, outdoor fire pits and grilling areas, complimentary coffee bar, complimentary beach cruisers, and garage parking.

The community offers a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom floor plans at an average size of 919-square-feet; the community also offers penthouse options. Each apartment features gourmet kitchens with gas cooktops, energy star appliances, granite countertops, wood-style flooring, front-load washer/dryers in units, walk-in closets, nest thermostats, 19-foot ceilings in select units and wine refrigerators in select units.

“The buyer was attracted to Lakeside Drive because of the quality of the property and the property’s excellent location near Tempe Town Lake and Mill Avenue,” said Fogler.

GREEN VALLEY, Arizona — Soak up some Western history, shop for antiques and collectibles and get your own copy of the newly published Canoa Ranch cookbook at the spring Heritage Fair at Historic Canoa Ranch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 9. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation (NRPR). The ranch is located at 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, exit 56 off of Interstate 19.

Volunteers will be stationed in the buildings housing permanent exhibits to help visitors navigate the history and stories of Canoa. Those exhibits include:

• The Manning Family exhibit detailing their ranching history at Canoa;
• The George Redondo Proctor collection, showcasing numerous items from a local cattle rancher whose father was foreman of Canoa Ranch back in 1875;
• The Scotch Farms exhibit, offering an overview of the farm’s role in bringing purebred Herefords to Canoa Ranch; and
• The Mexicano Vaquero Family exhibit, featuring families who worked and lived on the ranch.

As part of the continuation and expansion of the Mexicano Vaquero exhibit housed in the Grijalva House, Historic Canoa Ranch will preview a new Canoa cookbook: Recuerdos y Recetas; Memories & Recipes of the Mexicano Families of Rancho de la Canoa.

“This book is more than a cookbook,” said Valerie Samoy, special staff assistant with NRPR. “It’s a compilation of recipes and family stories with photos of the ‘Children of Canoa’ collected and edited by Amanda Salcido Castillo, who grew up at Canoa, and Patricia Preciado Martin, a native Arizonan and author.”

Members of the families of Canoa will be present to introduce the book at 9:30 a.m. The cookbook will be available for sale, with proceeds benefiting the restoration of the Tradesman House – the ranch’s next project.

The Heritage Fair also will feature vendors selling antiques and crafts; artists with original pieces; blacksmith demonstrations; the NRPR Environmental Education Program and their “Living with Urban Wildlife” trailer; food trucks; musicians; and ballet folklorico dancers. Guest speakers will give presentations in the Manning Jr./Schnaufer House on the history of the

Southwest. Throughout the day, several musical acts will perform, including (tentatively) an appearance of Peter Ronstadt and his band, PD Ronstadt & The Company.

In 2001, Pima County purchased and began to restore the 4,800-acre Canoa Ranch complex with voter-approved 1997 and 2004 bond funds. Pima County opened the ranch headquarters to the public in March 2013. It is named for Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva, who was raised at the ranch and championed its preservation.

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