Phoenix, AZ,  – ABI Multifamily, the Western US’ leading multifamily brokerage and advisory services firm, is pleased to announce the Company’s continued evolution with the addition of Roland Murphy as its new Director of Research.

John Kobierowski, Senior Managing Partner, states, “We are excited to welcome Roland to the ABI Multifamily team. His diverse background in journalism, research, development, technology and innovative expansion for small-to-medium-sized entrepreneurial firms is ideally suited to help us reach the next stages in our organization’s growth.”

Prior to joining ABI, Roland most recently served as Editor for the Arizona Builder’s Exchange Digital Magazine (AZBEX), managing coverage and reporting on development, growth trends, Architecture/Engineering/Construction, and commercial real estate around the state.
Before that, he spent more than 20 years in organizational marketing and communications, primarily with technology firms looking to expand their entrepreneurial roots into stable, steadily expanding operations while maintaining flexibility and responsiveness. This experience included consulting for an Arizona-local CRE firm to help them overcome their marketing project backlog, streamline processes and implement an internal opportunities database.

Volunteers of all ages welcome to PACC’s Day of Service

PIMA COUNTY – Pima Animal Care Center is holding a day of service in honor of the late Martin Luther King Jr. from 10 until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 21 at the shelter, 4000 N. Silverbell Rd.

The shelter invites members of the public to help with some important tasks around PACC. Volunteers will be able to help put together shelter beds for the homeless pets, organize the donation pantry, make toys for pets, clean the shelter, and more.

People can sign up through this link. It will be posted on the web page and Facebook page. There are a limited number of sign-ups per spot, but volunteers must register in order to help that day. Children must have a parent or guardian with them at all times.

The shelter will be open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day from noon to 5 p.m. for adoptions only.

Anyone interested in adopting a pet can stop by the shelter, or visit PACC’s website. The adoption price covers a microchip, spay or neuter surgery, and up-to-date vaccinations. For dogs, there is an additional $19 licensing fee.

TUCSON, ARIZONA – Houghton Town Center is a highly successful 60-acre community center located on Houghton Road north of I-10 and serving Rita Ranch, Vail and southeast Tucson.  Anchors include Walmart, Discount Tire, TJ Maxx, AutoZone, Petco, Brake Masters, Nationwide Vision, SuperCuts and Ross Dress For Less joined by numerous restaurants, retailers and service tenants including Northwest Emergency Center and Hughes Federal Credit Union.

Jaime Medress of Marcus & Millichap in Phoenix represented Houghton Developers’ affiliate, HTC Shops III LLC (Bill Kelley, manager) in the sale of a 9,075-square-foot retail pad at Houghton Town Center for $3.51 million ($387 PSF) at 9172 S Houghton Road, Tucson.

The buyer is an investor from San Diego, NWCD, LLC an affiliate of DePrima Ventures (Dave Karlman, director). The property was fully leased at time of sale with four tenants: Jersey Mike’s Subs, Realty Executives, Sunstreet Mortgage and Inverse Jiu Jitsu.

The buyer was represented by Bryce Karlman of CBRE San Diego / Northern Baja office.

In a separate transaction, Brenna Lacey and Jeramy Price of Volk Company represented Houghton Developers, LLC in the $925,000 ($15.42 PSF) sale of approximately 60,000-square-feet of land at 10206 & 10212 E Old Vail Road in the Houghton Town Center to Surf Thru, Inc. of Bakersfield, CA.

Surf Thru purchased the site for its fourth Car Wash in the metro Tucson region.

Craig Finfrock of Commercial Retail Advisors represented Surf Thru.

For additional information, Medress can be reached at 602.687.6700 and Karlman is at 858.546.2605. Lacey and Price should be contacted at 520.326.3200 and Finfrock is at 520.290.3200.

To learn more, see RED Comp #6431 and #6449.