TUCSON, ARIZONA – In a time when healthcare has come front and center with a global pandemic, Banner-University Medical Group leased 8,000-square-feet at Rita Ranch Plaza, 8270 – 8290 S Houghton Road in Tucson, located on the southwest corner of Rita and Houghton Roads from KMC III, LLC.  The space was formerly used for the Carondelet Medical Mall.

This news comes after Rincon Neighborhood Hospital, a subsidiary of TMC HealthCare, announced at new 60-bedhospital to be built at the TMC Rincon Health Campus, located at the intersection of Drexel and Houghton roads. It is scheduled to open in 2023 according to a news release from TMC.

Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center South are part of Banner – University Medicine, a premier academic medical network. These institutions are academic medical centers for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Included on the two campuses are Diamond Children’s Medical Center and many specialty clinics. The two academic medical centers are part of Arizona-based Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country.

Although the opening of new clinics had slowed this year, Banner – University Medicine opened three new primary care offices last year in the area. One in Marana and two more in the Tucson area.

“We constantly hear from the community about how difficult  it is to find a primary care provider in Tucson, so we are making access to convenient primary care a priority this year,” said Chad Whelan, MD, chief executive officer of Banner – University Medicine in Tucson said in a press statement.

The Banner – University Medicine Cortaro Primary Care office at 8020 N. Cortaro Road, Suite 150, opened to patients in April, 2019.

Banner – University Medicine then opened a second primary care office at 6860 E. Sunrise Drive.

A third primary care office opened in June or July, 2019 at 7355 S. Houghton Road.

The landlord was represented by Andrew Sternberg and Gordon Wagner of NAI Horizon and the tenant was represented by Vicki Robinson of JLL in Phoenix.

For more information Sternberg can be reached at 520 729 1694 and Wagner should be contacted at 520 398 5130.

MARANA, AZ —  The LeClaire Group of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) of Denver brokered the sale of National RV Central, a 125,015-square-foot enclosed RV storage facility located at 6260 North Travel Center Drive in Marana, AZ for $6.74 million ($54 PSF). Located in the Orange Grove I-10 Plaza, the seller was also the developer of the property and the 21-acre Plaza in 2006.

Thomas Parsons, Investment Associate, and Adam Schlosser, Senior Vice President Investments, had the listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, NSS RV Central OG, Limited Partnership, a local partnership with the Schomac Group (Dennis Winans, CFO).

“This is one of the largest fully enclosed and climatized RV storage facilities in the country which helped drive interest from nationwide investors,” said Parsons. The buyer was a national private self-storage operator, In Self Storage, based in Colorado. This is the buyer’s first investment in the Tucson market.

RV Central sits on 7.03 acres and in addition to this the buyer purchased an additional 2.42 acres of vacant land for an aggregate value of $583,458 ($5.54 PSF) for future expansion. Gordon Wagner with NAI Horizon in Tucson handled the lot sales.

National RV Central is the only fully enclosed and climate-controlled RV and boat storage option in this market. Built in 2006, the facility is comprised of 112,115 NRSF of indoor climate-controlled RV storage, 5,100 NRSF of traditional drive-up self-storage, and a 7,800 NRSF service bay rented to a third party.  There is no outside storage, 100 percent of the RV and boat storage is fully enclosed.  The property is strategically located next to Interstate 10 (I-10).

Because of the tall buildings and prominent signage, the facility is very visible to all 110,000 vehicles which drive by each day.  The property is situated in a populated area with approximately 130,279 people and 53,233 households in a five-mile radius with an average household income of $72,389.

For additional information, Parsons and Schlosser can be reached at 303.328.2068 and Wagner can be contacted at 520.398.5130.

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The following commercial leases were reported to the Real Estate Daily News for the Tucson Lease Report from May 28-June 1, 2018.

OFFICE – 411 W. CONGRESS, TUCSON
The American National Red Cross, based in Beaverton, Ore., leased 8,450-square-feet at the ABC Broadway/Kolb Center located at 411 W. Congress in Tucson. William DiVito and Jesse Blum with CBRE Tucson and Peter Omundson with JLL represented American National Red Cross in the transaction.

OFFICE – 6802 E. BROADWAY BLVD., TUCSON
Community Medical Services Friendship, LLC, leased a new 4,588-square-foot clinic at 6802 E. Broadway Blvd. in Tucson. Bruce Suppes with CBRE’s Tucson office represented the landlord, Tucson-based Price Lane Properties. Kevin Volk with the Volk Company represented the tenant.

OFFICE – PLAZA PALOMINO, TUCSON
The owners of Plaza Palomino – Central Tucson’s premier retail and office lifestyle center – are proud to announce the relocation of Flying Leap Vineyard’s Tucson Tasting Room & Fine Art Gallery to the center.  The new 1,419-square-foot location will be open in the Fall.  Ben Craney, Phil Skillings and Andrew Sternberg with NAI Horizon handled the transaction.

RETAIL – 9725 N THORNYDALE PLAZA, TUCSON
Subway Real Estate LLC leased 1,400–square-feet at Mountain View Plaza located at 9725 N. Thornydale Plaza, Tucson, Arizona.  Dave Dutson and Ben Craney with NAI Horizon represented the landlord in this transaction.

RETAIL – SWC I-19 & IRVINGTON ROAD, TUCSON
Red Star Vapor, LLC, leased 1,327-square-feet at Tucson Spectrum on the SWC I-19 & Irvington Road, Tucson, Arizona.  Jayme Fabe and Ben Craney with NAI Horizon represented the landlord and Debbie Heslop with Volk Company represented the tenant in this transaction.

RETAIL – 6747 E BROADWAY BLVD., TUCSON
Painted Temple leased 1,253-square-feet at the Boot Barn Plaza, located at 6747 E. Broadway, Tucson, Arizona.  Gordon Wagner and Dave Dutson with NAI Horizon represented the landlord in this transaction.

RETAIL – 10235 E. OLD VAIL RD., TUCSON
Desert Zen Yoga leased 1,200-square-foot at The Shoppes at Las Plazas, located at 10235 E. Old Vail Rd. in Tucson. Pete Villaescusa, Jesse Peron and Jesse Blum represented the landlord, OVP Lot 10. Mark Biery with Berkshire Hathaway represented the tenant in the transaction. Phone: 520.317.1795

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