By: Carol Evenson

When you decided to purchase a home, you might have made one of the biggest investments that you have ever made or that you will ever make in your life. Because of this, it is probably important to you to maintain the value of your home if you can. If you choose to put your home on the market in the future, you will probably want to get as much for it as you can. In the meantime, you may want to build equity in your home for other purposes. No matter why you might be focused on raising your property’s value, you could be wondering which steps you can take to do it. These are three effective ways that can help you raise your property values, so consider getting started with them right away. With a little time, effort and money, you can make your home more valuable than ever.

Make Energy-Efficient Improvements

Nowadays, many homeowners are serious about reducing the amount of energy that they use in their day-to-day lives. After all, not only can this help homeowners save money, but it’s a positive step that can be taken for the environment, too. Making energy-efficient improvements in your home can be a good way to save money and help the environment in your day-to-day life, and it can help you make your home more valuable and appealing if you put it on the market later, too. These are some of the energy-efficient improvements that you might want to think about making:

• Install solar panels. For example, in Arizona solar panels help you make use of the sun’s rays to power parts of your home. This can help you use a more earth-friendly forms of energy and can save you a lot of money, too.
• Insulate your home. Adding insulation will help you keep your home cozy during the winter and cool during the summer.
• Swap out old appliances and equipment with newer, more energy-efficient models.
• Install new roofing and windows that are more energy efficient.

Focus on Curb Appeal

The appearance of your home from the curb matters. You probably want your home to look nice so that you and your family members can be proud of it, and you might realize that your home’s curb appeal can impact your own property values and property values around your entire neighborhood. Sprucing up your yard might not cost as much or take as much work as you think, and it can make a huge difference. Focusing on planting nice, green grass or putting in desert scaping is one start; then, you can add plants and other touches around your yard to make it look its best.

Improve Your Kitchen and Bathrooms

Making improvements to just about any area of the home can help you increase its value, but some improvements are worth more than others. If you’d like to get the most bang for your buck when it comes to improving your home’s value, you may want to get started with your kitchen and bathrooms. These are two of the rooms that people spend the most time looking at when looking for a home, and they’re two of the areas of the home that you can enjoy the most if they are renovated. You don’t have to spend a ton of money on a renovation, but installing new countertops, plumbing fixtures and flooring in these rooms, for example, can help a lot.

These are just some of the many ways that you can focus on improving your property values. If you get started with some of these ideas, you can improve your home, make it more valuable and potentially save money now, too. You may also think of other improvements that can be made to your home after you get started with these ideas, too.

This week’s Tucson Lease Report highlights a 13,986 SF retail building at Speedway and Craycroft handled by Terry Dahlstrom of  Volk Company of Tucson and a lease for 9,928 SF of medical office space for an ambulatory surgical center on the Northwest Hospital Campus handled by Dean Cotlow of The Cotlow Company and Jim Eaton of NAI Geis Realty Group in Wayne, PA.

The following commercial leases were reported to the Real Estate Daily News for the Tucson Lease Report from Aug. 5 thru 9, 2019.

RETAIL – SPEEDWAY & CRAYCROFT, TUCSON
Terry Dahlstrom of VOLK Company represented the landlord, Wright-Craycroft LLC, in the renewal of its lease with Walgreens for the 13,986-square-foot building at the intersection of Speedway and Craycroft.

OFFICE – FOUNTAIN PLAZA, NORTHWEST HOSPITAL, TUCSON
Center for Pain Management, LLC leased 9,928-square-feet for an ambulatory surgery suite.  Center for Pain Management is a part of Northwest Hospital which is owned by Community Health Systems (CHS).  Fountain Plaza is owned by Cotlow Development II, LLC.  Dean Cotlow represented the owners and Jim Eaton of NAI Geis Realty Group, Inc. Wayne, PA represented the tenant.

RETAIL – WHOLE FOODS AT RANCHO CENTER, TUCSON
Debbie Heslop of VOLK Company represented the landlord, Rancho Center LLC, in two recent leases in Rancho Center, the Whole Foods anchored center on Speedway Blvd.  Spirit Halloween Superstores will occupy 6,000-square-feet, and McSally for Senate will 915 square feet.

OFFICE – FOUN TAIN PLAZA, NORTHWEST HOSPITAL, TUCSON
Rincon Pain Management leased 4,584-square-feet of clinical space in suite 200.  Suite 200 is being vacated by Genesis OBGYN in August.  Dean Cotlow handled the lease for Rincon Pain Management.

RETAIL – 2643 N CAMPBELL AVE, TUCSON
Jeramy Price of VOLK Company represented the landlord, Quanandai, LLC, in the lease of the 4,065-square-foot former Hoki Poki space at 2643 N. Campbell Ave to Ja Ramen.  The new tenant plans to open a restaurant specializing in Ramen and Curry.

OFFICE – AJO BUSINESS CENTER, TUCSON
Kevin Volk of VOLK Company represented the landlord in the lease of 2,850-square-feet in the Ajo Business Center, located at Ajo Way near I-10, to J&J Worldwide Services. 

OFFICE – CHROMA AT SPEEDWAY & COUNTRY CLUB, TUCSON
Debbie Heslop of VOLK Company represented the landlord, SMDSK Encanto LLC, in the lease of 2,389-square-feet in the first phase of Chroma, a mixed-use project underway on Speedway just east of Country Club.  The tenant, Athletico Management LLC, was represented by Swearington Realty Group.

RETAIL – 11931 N 1^ST AVE., STE. 103, ORO VALLEY
La Hacienda Family Mexican Restaurant signed a new lease to expand its existing restaurant in Placita de Oro shopping center at the southwest corner of 1st Avenue and Tangerine Road in Oro Valley, Arizona. The address of the restaurant is 11931 N. 1^st Avenue, Suite 103, Oro Valley, AZ. The new lease will include an additional 1,300-square-feet, which will allow the popular Mexican restaurant to add a new bar area to the existing 3,619-square-foot restaurant. The expansion is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2020. Craig Finfrock of Commercial Retail Advisors, LLC represented the Landlord, CTW-FVP, LLC, and the Tenant did not have representation in this transaction.

OFFICE – 7230 N LA CANADA, TUCSON
Leah Bogen of VOLK Company represented the tenant, Wealth Building Strategies, Inc, in the lease of 1,694-square-feet of office space at 7230 N. La Canada.  The landlord, Syndi Property, LLC, was represented by Karen Farrell of Venture West Real Estate Services.

RETAIL – HOUGHTON TOWN CENTER, TUCSON
Jeramy Price of VOLK Company the Wong Family Limited Partnership in its lease of a to-be-constructed 1,600-square-foot drive thru restaurant to Patelbui, LLC in the Houghton Town Center at Houghton and Old Vail Road.  The tenant plans to operate a Tropical Smoothie restaurant, and was represented by Mark Sunkel of Core Realty Partners, LLC.

RETAIL – SEC AJO & KINNEY, TUCSON
Kevin Volk of VOLK Company represented the landlord, Ajo SEC Shops LLC, in the lease of 1,272-square-feet for a Subway restaurant in the recently completed retail building at the southeast corner of Ajo and Kinney.  Subway will join Dairy Queen, Dominos Pizza, Cricket and O’Reilly.  Only one space, 1,081-square-feet, remains available in the first phase.

RETAIL – FRY’S SHOPPING CENTER AT TANGERINE & THORNYDALE, ORO VALLEY
Kevin Volk of VOLK Company represented Precious Metals Refinery, LLC in its lease of 1,200-square-feet in the Fry’s shopping center at Tangerine and Thornydale.  It will be the fourth location for Precious Metals Refinery, which buys gold, diamonds, coins, watches and jewelry.  The landlord, Old Lobo Marana LLC was represented by Aaron LaPrise of Picor.

RETAIL – SWC SPEEDWAY AND CRAYCOFT, TUCSON
Jeramy Price of VOLK Company represented Leroy & Oneida Rosas in their lease of 1,200-square-feet in the shopping center on the southwest corner of Speedway and Craycroft.  The landlord, Speedway Craycroft Plaza LLC, was represented by Andy Seleznov and Melissa Lal of Larsen Baker.

RETAIL – CONTINENTAL PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER, GREEN VALLEY
Kevin Volk, Jeramy Price and Leah Bogen of VOLK Company handled the lease of a 1,140-square-foot space in the Safeway-anchored Continental Plaza Shopping Center in Green Valley.  The tenant, Holistic Quest, LLC, plans to open a Your CBD store, it’s fourth Southern Arizona location.  The landlord is Continental Green Valley Associates LLC.

RETAIL – SHOPPES AT 1^ST & ROGER, TUCSON
Kevin Volk and Jeramy Price of VOLK Company represented the landlord, Shoppes at 1^st & Roger, LLC, in the lease of 960-square-feet to Tax Services of America, Inc, dba Jackson Hewitt in the Fry’s anchored shopping center at the northeast corner of Roger and 1^st Avenue.

MESA, Arizona — Cashen Realty Advisors announces the completion of a 56,000-square-foot office space lease with Harmony Medical Care (“Harmony”) at the 200,000-square-foot Mesa Fiesta Corporate Park located at 1357 and 1361 S. Alma School Road in Mesa, Arizona.  The site is situated near the NEC of U.S. 60 and Alma School Road.  The Property is located within the Fiesta District which is a designated redevelopment area and the Buildings are located within an Opportunity Zone.

Harmony has 20 health care providers who serve their patients and Harmony employs 200 people in its operations.

Harmony offers chronic care medical services, including diabetes and heart disease diagnosis and treatment, and currently operates three medical mobile vehicles that offer mobile diagnostic imaging services.  Harmony Medical Care CEO, Jeremiah Faber, said, “We are very excited about our new headquarters location at Mesa Fiesta Corporate Park.  The facility will accommodate our substantial growth now and in the foreseeable future.  We were attracted to the U.S. 60 and Alma School location and the significant redevelopment activity in the area, including the 80 acre, 1.2 million S.F. Fiesta Mall.  Great things are happening in this area of the East Valley!!!”

Harmony has entered into a 17-year Lease with Property Owner, HV & Canal, LLC, and the Mesa Fiesta Corporate Park has only three remaining suites available.

Contact Cashen at 602-393-4447.