TUCSON, ARIZONA – Houghton Town Center is a highly successful 60-acre community center located on Houghton Road north of I-10 and serving Rita Ranch, Vail and southeast Tucson.  Anchors include Walmart, Discount Tire, TJ Maxx, AutoZone, Petco, Brake Masters, Nationwide Vision, SuperCuts and Ross Dress For Less joined by numerous restaurants, retailers and service tenants including Northwest Emergency Center and Hughes Federal Credit Union.

Jaime Medress of Marcus & Millichap in Phoenix represented Houghton Developers’ affiliate, HTC Shops III LLC (Bill Kelley, manager) in the sale of a 9,075-square-foot retail pad at Houghton Town Center for $3.51 million ($387 PSF) at 9172 S Houghton Road, Tucson.

The buyer is an investor from San Diego, NWCD, LLC an affiliate of DePrima Ventures (Dave Karlman, director). The property was fully leased at time of sale with four tenants: Jersey Mike’s Subs, Realty Executives, Sunstreet Mortgage and Inverse Jiu Jitsu.

The buyer was represented by Bryce Karlman of CBRE San Diego / Northern Baja office.

In a separate transaction, Brenna Lacey and Jeramy Price of Volk Company represented Houghton Developers, LLC in the $925,000 ($15.42 PSF) sale of approximately 60,000-square-feet of land at 10206 & 10212 E Old Vail Road in the Houghton Town Center to Surf Thru, Inc. of Bakersfield, CA.

Surf Thru purchased the site for its fourth Car Wash in the metro Tucson region.

Craig Finfrock of Commercial Retail Advisors represented Surf Thru.

For additional information, Medress can be reached at 602.687.6700 and Karlman is at 858.546.2605. Lacey and Price should be contacted at 520.326.3200 and Finfrock is at 520.290.3200.

To learn more, see RED Comp #6431 and #6449.

The following commercial leases were reported to the Real Estate Daily News for the Tucson Lease Report from July 23 thru 27, 2018.

INDUSTRIAL – 3133 S. DODGE BLVD., TUCSON
Bay Insulation of Arizona leased 8,600-square-feet at 3133 S. Dodge from Dodge Properties, LLC.  Gary Emerson of GRE Partners, LLC represented the landlord and Tim Healy of CBRE represented the tenant.

RETAIL – 3782 E. 43^rd PL, TUCSON
eWheels, LLC leased 5,675-square-feet at 3782 E. 43^rd Place from Doubletree Investments.  Gary Emerson of GRE Partners, LLC represented the tenant and Steve Cohen of Cushman & Wakefield/Picor represented the landlord

RETAIL – 2880 W. DREXEL RD., TUCSON
D & K Market lease of the 2,400-square-foot building on 16,000-square-feet of land at 2880 West Drexel Road to a tenant that will reopen another convenience store at the property.  The building was originally built and occupied by 7-11. Terry Dahlstrom of Volk Company represented Valdrex, L.L.C.

RETAIL – 40 E. CONGRESS ST, TUCSON
Serial Grillers leased approximately 1,184-square-feet at 40 East Congress Street. Serial Grillers offers a wide variety of food, including pizza, sandwiches, burgers, and American fare along with a wide selection craft beer and wine. This will be their fifth Tucson-area location. The landlord is BP City Park Operator, LLC, which was represented by Bourn Advisory Services, LLC.  Jeramy Price of Volk Company represented Serial Grillers, LLC.

RETAIL – AJO & KINNEY RD., TUCSON
Direct Paging and Cellular, Inc leased 1,000-square-feet at Ajo & Kinney is a new retail building to be constructed just east of the southeast corner of Ajo Highway and Kinney Road. The tenant will open Cricket Wireless in the space and will join Domino’s and Dairy Queen. This brings remaining space at the building down to 2,300 square feet. Kevin Volk of Volk Company represented the Landlord, Ajo SEC Shops LLC.

RETAIL – NOGALES HIGHWAY and N. ABREGO RD., SAHUARITA
The following shop space leased at the Crossing at Sahuarita, a shopping center being developed by Wadsworth Development Group and Accelerated Development Services at the southeast corner of Old Nogales Highway and Abrego Drive in Sahuarita.

• Saigon Nails Spa, LLC leased 1,300-square-feet
• MOD Super Fast Pizza, LLC leased 2,853-square-feet
• GoWireless, Inc. leased 2,700-square-feet

These shop tenants plan to open in July and will join Sprouts, TJ Maxx, Beall’s, and Petsmart, which have recently opened in the shopping center.  Brenna Lacey and Kevin Volk of Volk Company and Brian Gast of Velocity Retail Group represented the landlord, FAE Holdings 461354R, LLC.

RETAIL – NE CORNER of CORTARO FARMS and I-10, MARANS
The following shop space leases at the northeast corner of Cortaro Farms Road and Interstate 10 in Marana. These tenants will be located in a retail shops building to be constructed as part of the 21-acre, mixed-use project being developed by Cortaro Commercial JV, LLC.

• ATI Holdings of Arizona, LLC leased 2,200-square-feet for a physical and rehabilitative medicine facility. The tenant was represented by Western Retail Advisors.
• Serial Grillers, LLC leased 3,500-square-feet for a restaurant with patio area. This will be their fourth Tucson-area location.

Brenna Lacey and Jeramy Price of Volk Company and Chuck Wells of Advisors Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord, Cortaro Commercial JV, LLC.

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The following commercial leases were reported to the Real Estate Daily News for the Tucson Lease Report from June 25-29, 2018.

OFFICE – 177 CHURCH AVE., TUCSON
WSP USA Buildings Inc., based in New York, leased 5,424-square-feet at the Transamerica Building, located at 177 Church Avenue, for their new Tucson location. Buzz Isaacson and Alex Hardie with CBRE Tucson represented the landlord, TA Building Corp., in the transaction. [mepr-show rules=”58038″]Asking lease rate: $18 SF/YR Full Service; Phone: 520.882.6424[/mepr-show]

OFFICE – 4279 SANTA RITA, TUCSON
Adrian Lopez and Lizet A. Lopez leased 4,700-square-feet at 4279 South Santa Rita, Tucson. The space will be used for distribution. Ron Zimmerman of Cushman & Wakefield | Picor represented the tenant. Kevin Volk of Volk Company represented 4275 Santa Rita LLC.

RETAIL – 3382 E. SPEEDWAY BLVD., TUCSON
Pacific Dental Services, LLC. leased a 3,402-square-foot end cap at 3382 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson. The space is located within Rancho Center, which is anchored by Whole Foods, Bookmans, Mattress Firm, and Performance Bikes. With the completion of this lease, there are now only two small vacant suites remaining in the center. The Tenant was represented by Joe Doucett of Newmark Knight Frank. Debbie Heslop, CCIM, of Volk Company represented the landlord, Rancho Center, LLC.

OFFICE – 10445 N. ORACLE RD., ORO VALLEY
Old Republic Title Agency signed a 2,080-square-foot lease at Rooney Ranch, located at 10445 N. Oracle Rd. Buzz Isaacson and Alex Hardie represented the landlord, Berkeley Land Co. Inc., in the transaction. Deval Gupta with Cushman and Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the tenant.

INDUSTRIAL – 1321 W. AJO WAY, TUCSON
EMCOR Government Services, Inc. renewed its lease for 1,730-square-feet at 1321 West Ajo Way, Suite 103. The space is located within Ajo Business Center, a retail and industrial project at Ajo Way and Benson Highway. Kevin Volk of Volk Company represents the landlord, Ajo Business Center Limited Partnership. [mepr-show rules=”58038″]Tenant Phone: 520.206.0420[/mepr-show]

RETAIL – 4677 E. SPEEDWAY BLVD., TUCSON
Jiawei Zhang, dba Sunshine USA, LLC. leased 1,533-square-feet at 4677 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson. The tenant currently operates a foot reflexology and foot massage business in an adjacent space and will be using this additional space to expand its business. The space is located at Mission Plaza, a Sprouts-anchored shopping center at the northwest corner of Speedway and Swan. Kevin Volk and Jeramy Price of Volk Company represented the Landlord, Brazo, LLC.

OFFICE – 258 E. RIVER RD., TUCSON
Arizona Psychiatry, PLLC leased 1,331-square-feet at 258 E. River Road.  Andrew D. Sternberg with NAI Horizon Tucson represented the Landlord and Damian Wilkinson and David Montijo with CBRE represented the tenants in this transaction. [mepr-show rules=”58038″]$19.00 SF/YR Modified Gross; Phone: 520.485.7836[/mepr-show]