TUCSON, ARIZONA —  Five Valero gas-stations and c-stores in Tucson were acquired by Getty Realty of Jericho, NY for $10.55 million from CST Arizona Stations, Inc. formerly known as Diamond Shamrock Arizona, as part of a $123 million portfolio.

To facilitate Empire Petroleum Partners LLC’s purchase of a portfolio of convenience stores from Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Getty Realty Corp. agreed to provide acquisition leaseback funding to Empire, in order to acquire fee-simple interests in 49 c-store and gas-station properties for $123 million under a unitary lease.

Couche-Tard’s Circle K Stores Inc. agreed to sell a portfolio of 71 properties to Empire to satisfy compliance with regulatory requirements associated with its acquisition of CST Brands Inc.

The properties are located primarily within metropolitan markets in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas. Those in Tucson were at 15240 N Oracle Rd., Oro Valley; 5005 N La Canada Dr., Tucson; 1895 E Valencia Rd, Tucson; 1810 W Prince Rd, Tucson; and 9520 E 22nd Street, Tucson.

The unitary lease, effective at closing, provides for an initial term of 15 years, with four five-year renewal options. Rent is scheduled to increase annually during the initial and renewal terms of the lease.

“We are excited to have entered into this transaction and to begin a long-term relationship with Empire,” said Christopher J. Constant, president and CEO of Getty. “The properties being acquired represent a high-quality convenience-store and gasoline-station portfolio and are located in markets which we have been targeting for some time. We believe this transaction demonstrates our commitment to the convenience-store industry as well as our ability to respond quickly to meet the capital needs of our customers.”

Getty Realty paid for the transaction through funds available under its credit agreement. The transaction is subject to numerous closing conditions, including the closing of a separate purchase agreement under which Empire has agreed to purchase the properties from Couche-Tard, and regulatory review and approval of the separate agreement.

Empire Petroleum, Dallas, is a motor-fuels distributor of brands that include Chevron, Shell, Valero, ConocoPhillips, Marathon, CITGO, Texaco, Sunoco, BP, Exxon, Mobil and Gulf. It distributes motor-fuel products to more than 1,400 gas stations in 27 states in the mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest and Midwest.

Laval, Quebec-based Couche-Tard’s network includes 8,081 convenience stores throughout North America, including 6,710 stores selling motor fuel, mostly under the Circle K, Kangaroo Express, Mac’s and Couche-Tard banners. Its North American network consists of 15 business units, including 11 in the United States covering 41 states and four in Canada covering all 10 provinces.

CST Brands, San Antonio, has more than 2,000 locations throughout the southwestern United States, Georgia, Florida, New York and eastern Canada.

Jericho, N.Y.-based Getty Realty is a publicly traded real-estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in the ownership, leasing and financing of convenience-store and gas-station properties. As of March 31, 2017, the company owned 736 properties and leased 87 properties from third-party landlords in 24 states and Washington, D.C.

Three Land Sales in Northwest and Broadway total over $3.7 Million for the Week

TUCSON, Arizona — Circle K Stores, Inc. has purchased 2.36-acres of raw land at the southeast corner of Ina Road & Silverbell Road in Marana, from Ina & Silverbell 1, LP and Denton Investments (Don Denton, manager) for$1.25 million ($12.16 PSF).

The site will be used for construction of a new 4,500-square-foot Circle K store and fueling station.

Circle K has been a successful convenience store operator for over 50 years. There are more than 3,300 Circle K stores across the USA and over 4,000 international locations. Circle K is mainly located in the Southern, Western, Southwestern, and Midwestern United States. Internationally, Circle K has stores in Mexico, China, Japan, Guam, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.

Brian Gast of Velocity Retail Group in Phoenix represented the Buyer and Andrew D. Sternberg was with Oxford Realty Advisors representing the Seller in the transaction and is now with NAI Horizon in Tucson.

For more information, contact Gast at 602.682.8155 and Sternberg at 520.729.1694.

To learn more, see RED Comp #4790.

DAZ9-Ina Overlook, LLC (Michael Sarabia, member) sold 5.95-acres at 7417 N Thornydale Road in Marana to Ocean WH Medical Solutions of Corpus Christi, TX (Willard Hammonds II). The buyer is a developer and plans to construct a 100+ Assisted Living and Memory Care facility. The new building to be built will be approximately 50,000-square-feet with 105-120 beds. Development plans have been submitted with amendments from neighborhood meetings.

The raw land parcel commanded a sale price of $1.25 million ($4.82 PSF).

Michael Sarabia with DSW Commercial Real Estate, formerly the DESCO Group, was self- represented in the transaction. Pat Welchert was with Cushman and Wakefield | Picor at time of sale and is now with Alpha Commercial Real Estate Service

For additional information, Sarabia should be reached at 520.297.8329 and Welchert is at 520.360.9394.

To learn more, see RED Comp #4762.

Shenitzer Properties, LLC (Steve Shenitzer) and BBV Investment LP, LLP (Bill Viner) bought the Tucson Full Gospel Church property at 4741 E Broadway Blvd in Tucson for $1.2 million ($14 PSF) for land value. There were 16,410-square-feet of church buildings on the property that buyer will raze for retail redevelopment.

The 1.97-acre lot is at the northwest corner of Mountain View Avenue and Broadway Blvd, just east of Swan Road. The redevelop project is to include one or possibly two retail users. There has already been an unidentified single user who is considering the full parcel.

James Marian with Chapman Lindsey Commercial Real Estate Services represented the buyer, and Chris Tsighis and Patricia Ho with Coldwell Banker of Tucson represented the seller in the transaction.

For additional information, Marian should be reached at 520.747.4000 ext. #106, Tsighis is at 520.745.4545 and Ho can be contacted at 520.577.7433.

To learn more, see RED Comp #4768.