PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA — Pima County and the City of Tucson have received a combined $22 million in additional funding to provide rental assistance to members of the community.

The additional funding — $11 million apiece for the County and City — comes from federal funding that was originally allocated to the Arizona Department of Economic Security but had not been distributed. The County has also asked for an additional $6 million and the City an additional $13 million in unused DES funds, which could bring the total in new money to $41 million.

“The new funding will allow us to keep more people in their homes, which is vital to the overall economic health of our community,” said Daniel Sullivan, director of the County’s Department of Community & Workforce Development. “Our federal rental-assistance dollars were running low, so this allocation and the possibility of more in the near future comes at an opportune time.”

Since March 2020, Pima County and the City of Tucson have distributed more than $49 million in rental assistance through a joint program set up to help struggling households during the pandemic.

To date, the joint program has committed close to $56 million in combined rental and utility assistance due to economic difficulties stemming from COVID-19. That figure covers more than 10,000 individual cases.

“We are pleased to continue our collaboration with the City of Tucson,” Sullivan said. “We believe this partnership is an excellent model for the rest of the country and more efficiently distributes the funding to families than would be possible if either party tried to do it alone.”

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, who last month joined 16 other mayors in requesting more funds for emergency rental assistance, said, “Tucsonans are still feeling the lingering effects of the pandemic on an already strained housing market.

“Working families, individuals on fixed incomes and those on the brink of homelessness are facing obscene rent hikes and a statewide housing shortage. These resources will help those urgently trying to get back on their feet.”

Renters and landlords on behalf of tenants can apply for assistance at TucsonPimaep.com or call 520-447-4423 to see if they meet eligibility requirements.

TUCSON, ARIZONA – An affiliate of SS Enterprise Holdings, LLC of Phoenix (Reza Amirrezvani, manager) dba Super Star Car Wash, purchased the southwest corner of Oracle and Orange Grove for $2.2 million ($25 PSF).  This highly trafficked 87,000-square-foot corner had last been used by Budget Car Rental and was sold to QuikTrip in May, 2012.

QuikTrip, the seller, was represented by Zachary Pace of Phoenix Commercial Advisors in Phoenix.

Super Star Car Wash started in Chandler, Arizona in 1993 with its first car wash. The company began growing, reaching five Arizona locations by 2000. As the business continued to do well, four Full Service locations opened and flourished around the Phoenix area by 2010. As the industry evolved and changed with the times, so too did Super Star. Express car washes became the dominant business model, as life became busier and cars needed cleaning in a quick, convenient way.

We opened our first Express location in 2011. Over the next four years, this was joined by six more Express washes. At this point, with the Express wash business thriving, we decided to set our sights on something bigger than just one state, resulting in our first California location in 2016. From there, things really took off, as 17 new locations opened between 2016 and 2019.
The company continues to grow, with many more locations in the works to make it even more convenient to get your car washed at a Super Star Car Wash.

This will be the first Tucson area location for Super Star Car Wash. The company has 30 locations open in Phoenix with another 8 under construction according to the company’s website.

Jeramy Price of VOLK Company represented the buyer in this transaction and is handling the company’s expansion into the Tucson market with several sites planned.

For additional information, Price should be reached at 520.326.3200 and Pace can be contacted at 602.957.9800.

To learn more, see RED Comp #9662.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA –  Colliers in Arizona, in conjunction with Colliers agents throughout the U.S., is pleased to announce the $100+ million sale of a nationwide 16-property portfolio sold by a private investment fund.  The grouping of assets included charter schools and three non-charter properties. Locations span from California to Florida and together total more than 765,135 square feet of building space and nearly 100 acres of land.

“This unique collection of alternative investment assets offered a complex assignment with varied product types and locations,” says Mindy Korth, executive vice president with Colliers in Arizona.  “These properties, situated in six different states and the District of Columbia, were sold to nine separate buyers.  Our team of brokers and support staff performed impressively in covering every detail of the varied transactions.”

Korth and Todd Noel of Colliers in Arizona worked with other Colliers agents in the local regions for the sale of the assets.  Korth and Noel represented the seller, a private investment fund.

Included in the sale were 13 charter schools located in Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Washington, D.C.  Also involved were two properties in Florida and Indiana, as well as an office building in Sacramento, CA.  The office and other properties were previously used for education purposes and will now be repurposed. The portfolio sale of four of the Florida schools was announced recently.

Following are the names and addresses of the assets sold:

Charter School Assets

• Cesar Chavez College Preparatory School, 2400 Mock Rd., Columbus, OH
• Champion Academy of Distinction – Davie Campus, 3367 N. University Dr., Davie, FL
• Cleveland Arts & Social Sciences Academy, 10701 Shaker Blvd., Cleveland, OH
• Desert Star Academy Middle School, 1530 Pinion Rd., Fort Mohave, AZ
• Detroit Public Safety Academy, 1236 and 1250 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit, MI
• Genesee STEM Academy, 5240 Calkins Rd., Flint Township, MI
• Hope Lamond Community Public Charter School – Lamond Campus, 6200 Kansas Ave. NE, Washington, DC
• Lake Erie Preparatory School, 14405 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH
• Northside Prep Academy, 4750 Winton Rd., Cincinnati, OH
• Renaissance Charter School of Plantation, 6701 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation, FL
• Renaissance Charter School at University, 8399 N. University Dr., Tamarac, FL
• South Scioto Performance Academy, 2200 Winslow Dr., Columbus, OH
• Cloud Preparatory Academy, 3101 Progress Ln. St. Cloud, FL

Non-Charter School Assets

• 3840 Rosin Court, Buiding D, Sacramento, CA
• 4751 Walgreen Rd., Jacksonville, FL
• 5435 W. Pike Plaza Rd., Indianapolis, IN