PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA –Pima Animal Care Center is making preparations for a 50-dog impound case while already dealing with a lack of available dog kennel space. The shelter needs adopters and fosters for 100 medium- to large-sized dogs immediately.

“This really could not come at a worse time,” said Director of Animal Services, Monica Dangler. “We have steadily been in Code Red since July 2021.”

The impound case is an active investigation so public details are limited, but there are approximately 50 dogs of various sizes. Because it’s an impound situation, the dogs won’t be immediately available for adoption. They will also need to be housed at PACC during the duration of the investigation.

Adding to this already difficult situation is an outbreak of parvo and distemper in the Pima County community. The shelter’s parvo and distemper rooms are all full. Parvo and distemper virus in dogs, panleukopenia and calicivirus in cats, and rabies virus affecting dogs, cats and people are deadly diseases that are preventable with simple, safe vaccines for pets.

Typically, PACC adopts out around 40 dogs daily, but the shelter needs to get 60 or more adopted over the next five days to have room for these dogs.

“We are really worried about what we will do if we don’t make enough room for the impound,” Dangler said. “Staff have dogs in their offices, dogs are co-housed when possible, and we are still struggling to figure out where else to put them.”

HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP:

1. ADOPT: There are 614 pets at the shelter in need of homes and 1,114 pets in foster care in need of adoptive homes. All pets have $0 adoption fees right now. (A $20 licensing fee may apply.) People who are interested in adopting can stop by the shelter during regular business hours. Potential adopters can also browse online to see available pets. The adoption page is listed by animals with known history: good with kids, good with cats, in foster care, and more. (Note: adoptions are first come, first served, so what’s available might change by the time adopters get to the shelter.)
2. FOSTER: Fosters are always a huge help in cases like this, even folks who can only foster for a short time. People interested in fostering should look at the foster page and then come down to the shelter to find a foster pet.
3. HELP STRAYS FIND THEIR OWNERS: This is the easiest and most helpful way to assist the shelter. Most of the pets that come into PACC are friendly, healthy stray pets. We are asking for help from the public with those strays. Please try to find their owner before coming to PACC. Knock on doors. Put up flyers in the neighborhood. Post their picture on social media. If you need supplies, we can get them to you. We can also vaccinate and check out the pet if you can hang onto it and continue to try to find the owner. Most lost pets are only a few houses or streets away from their home: https://bit.ly/33CoS9k
4. DONATE: Make a financial donation to PACC’s nonprofit partner, Friends of Pima Animal Care . There are a variety of different ways your donation can help. If you are looking to get a little something for yourself, check out the FOP merchandise website. Every item you buy helps a PACC pet.
5. RECLAIM YOUR PET IF IT ENDS UP AT PACC: Reclaim fees are being waived. Check online often and check in person every day.
6. VACCINATE AND MICROCHIP YOUR PET: No Kill Pima County has a great website with links to affordable options when it comes to pet care like vaccinations, microchips, dentals, and more. Reminder: your microchip must have a number associated with it for it to be effective. There are many free websites where you can do this online.

PACC’s normal business hours are Monday to Friday, noon to 7 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. All adopted pets come up to date on vaccinations, a microchip, and a spay or neuter surgery.

TUCSON, ARIZONA – Sunbelt Holdings had a record year in 2021 in a number of its Tucson master-planned communities, and that activity shows no signs of slowing in 2022. Sunbelt continues to be one of the largest developers in the Tucson metro region with active, record-breaking projects such as La Estancia, Star Valley, Red Rock Village, and Sycamore Canyon.

Lennar Arizona recently closed on 237 lots in Block J and Block N (60’X120’ and 68’X120’) at Sunbelt’s Sycamore Canyon project in the Corona de Tucson area of Tucson. The lots back up to substantial open space and will feature wide ranging views. Construction on the lots will begin immediately.

In February, SBH Verano LP (Sunbelt Holdings) closed on approximately 700 acres for a new master-planned community, located near Tucson’s airport area/I-10 corridor and major employment base. The project, named Verano, is zoned for approximately 2,200 residential units and is anticipated to have lots available for sale to builders in early 2024. The seller in that transaction was South Wilmot Land Investors, LLC (Diamond Ventures, Inc, David Goldstein, President).

“We are proud to add Verano to our existing collection of Tucson master-planned communities,” said Greg Mohl, Vice President of Sunbelt Holdings. “Since entering the southwest submarket in 2015, our team has not only been focused on creating meaningful value at each of our properties, but proactive in delivering lots to homebuilders to meet the demands of the market. The addition of Lennar at Sycamore Canyon, and the acquisition of the Verano master-planned community further demonstrates our commitment to the Tucson market and homebuilders.”

Sunbelt has emerged as an efficient supplier of lots to Tucson’s homebuilders in a number of master-planned communities in the greater Tucson metro area. Sunbelt Holdings is well-positioned in Tucson, where large land holdings and infrastructure come at a premium. All-in-all, the company has acquired projects that will allow it to deliver between 7,000 and 10,000 lots to Tucson homebuilders over the next several years, which should make a meaningful impact in a market that expects to need upwards of 20,000 lots over the next 48 months alone.

Both transactions were handled by Will White and John Carroll of Land Advisors Organization -Tucson. Land Advisors has the marketing assignment for lot sales at Verano.

Will White with Land Advisors -Tucson said, “Tucson’s lot supply is getting tighter by the quarter. Sunbelt Holdings has stayed ahead of this by preparing new plats in their projects to meet the schedules of the area homebuilders. They also have identified new acquisitions around Tucson that will continue provide their homebuilder partners a solid pipeline for several years to come.”

For more information White and Carroll should be reached at 520.514.7454.

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PHOENIX, Arizona– Stos Partners, one of the most active commercial real estate investment and management firms in Southern California, has expanded its presence in the Phoenix Metro area with the acquisition of a 28,520 square-foot industrial asset in Phoenix, Arizona.

The firm acquired the property through an off-market transaction in partnership with a high-net-worth family office, according to CJ Stos, Principal at Stos Partners.

“As the Phoenix industrial market continues to see an influx of interest and capital from businesses and investors alike, we’ve been able to secure increasingly rare opportunities for strong value creation through drawing upon our broker network and leveraging our proven track record,” explains Stos. “We were able to approach this acquisition, our third in the Phoenix Metro area since entering the market just over a year ago, with an all-cash offer and facilitate a rapid close.”

The Phoenix industrial market set another record year in 2021, notes Jay Boyle, Executive Vice President at Stos Partners.

“We are incredibly bullish when it comes to the Phoenix industrial market as net absorption, rental rates, and sales volume are all at historic highs and vacancies have tightened to an all-time low, sitting at 5.1 percent,” says Boyle. “Further, as demand for e-commerce and last-mile logistics flourish, we are actively looking to expand our portfolio and implement our proven value-add strategies—which we’ve optimized through experience in Southern California markets for several years—within key markets throughout the country.”

­According to Jason Richards, Partner at Stos Partners, this asset presents the opportunity to bring rents up to market through the firm’s capital upgrade program.

“The property currently has a short-term tenant in place, providing immediate cashflow,” says Richards. “Looking ahead, we plan to address deferred maintenance and implement strategic upgrades to the property, ultimately stabilizing and re-tenanting the asset.”

Richards adds that the firm recently sold a 227,000 square-foot, single-tenant industrial property in the Phoenix Metro area submarket of Tolleson, Arizona, for $27.5 million, increasing the asset’s value by nearly 70% during a one-year hold.

The property, which was acquired for $4.45 million with a high-net-worth family office, is located at 2757 E. Chambers Street in Phoenix, Arizona. David Wilson and Carter Wilson at DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented Stos Partners as the buyer in the transaction.

Stos Partners is a privately held commercial real estate investment and management firm that invests in real estate directly and in partnership with high net worth and institutional investors. With a track record spanning approximately $1.4 billion in transactions to date, the firm targets the most competitive risk-adjusted returns in the marketplace through opportunistic acquisitions, strategic redevelopment and ground-up development of both institutional and small-to-mid-cap commercial properties.  More information is available at www.stospartners.com.