SHOW LOW, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Show Low Small Bay Industrial Park, a two-building industrial asset in Show Low, approximately 175 miles northeast of Phoenix near the New Mexico border. A private investor sold the property to a California-based private investor for $2.2 million. Located at 1241 E. Lumbermans Loop, Show Low Small Bay Industrial Park offers 17,200 square feet of small-bay industrial space on 1.5 acres. At the time of sale, the buildings were fully leased. Cory Gross of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Ryan Sarbinoff, also of Marcus & Millichap, served as broker of record in Arizona for the transaction.
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PHOENIX — A joint venture between Ryan Cos. and Alidade Capital has broken ground on Innovate48 Industrial Park, located at the southeast corner of 48th and Washington streets in Phoenix. Slated for completion in second-quarter 2025, Innovate48 will feature a 163,000-square-foot Class A industrial facility. The development will offer 25 dock-high doors, 18 trailer stalls, four grade-level doors and a fully secured concrete truck court. Additionally, the fully air-conditioned building will feature LED lighting and a 3,500-square-foot speculative office suite. Ryan Cos. is the developer and builder on the project. Butler Design Group is serving as architect of record. JLL’s Steve Larsen, Pat Harlan, Kyle Westfall and Jason Moore are handling marketing and leasing for the project.
PHOENIX — Anish Hotels Group has completed the disposition of Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix Downtown to Chatham Lodging Trust for $43.3 million, or $293,000 per room. Chatham funded the purchase using proceeds from recent asset sales and available cash. Located at 125 E. Jackson St., the six-story hotel features 148 guest rooms and is connected to the historic Fuller Paint Company Building, which offers a customized reception area, guest lobby, 1,200 square feet of meeting space and a signature food and beverage outlet. Island Hospitality Management will manage the hotel. Carter Gradwell, Jennifer Bergamo and Rick Rush of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — VanTrust Real Estate has broken ground on the first phase of VT 101, a 48-acre, three-building, 750,000-square-foot industrial park in Glendale, just northwest of Phoenix. The first phase will include two 156,000-square-foot, Class A industrial buildings, slated for delivery in April 2025. The buildings will offer office suites, HVAC and LED lighting. The project team includes Butler Design Group as architect, Layton Construction as general contractor and JLL’s Pat Harlan and Kyle Westfall as leasing agents.
PHOENIX — GMH Communities has unveiled plans for Central Station, a 1 million-square-foot, mixed-use, transit-oriented community in Phoenix. The project will consist of two residential towers that will offer market-rate, student and workforce housing, two levels of below-grade parking, a transit hub, retail space and office space. Adjacent to Civic Space Park and Arizona State University’s downtown Phoenix campus, the 22-story student housing tower will offer 655 beds, and the 33-story residential building will offer 338 units. The project team includes Medistar, Layton Construction, Multistudio and CBRE Investment Management.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — CBRE has secured $44 million in refinancing for Queen Creek Commerce Center, an industrial complex at 555 E. Queen Creek Road in Chandler. Bruce Francis, Bob Ybarra, Shaun Moothart, Doug Birrell, Nick Santangelo and Jim Korinek of CBRE Capital Markets Debt and Structured Finance arranged the 10-year loan with a 5.47 percent interest rate and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio on behalf of the borrower, Schnitzer Properties. A life insurance company provided the funding. Built in 2022 on 34.5 acres, Queen Creek Commerce Center consists of two industrial buildings featuring 32-foot clear heights, 18 grade-level doors and 122 dock-high doors. Totaling 560,352 square feet, the asset includes a 163,072-square-foot Building A and a 397,280-square-foot Building B. At the time of financing, the property was fully occupied.
Todd Ostransky, vice president of development at Indicap, knew Metro Phoenix was a market the firm wanted to enter for industrial development. Though the area is a hotbed of industrial activity, Indicap’s attention immediately set on Mesa, less than 20 miles east of Phoenix, for its inaugural project. “We identified the East Valley as an area of growth, along with the need for space for mid-bay industrial spec product,” he says. Indicap and joint venture partner AECOM-Canyon Partners chose a 65-acre space within the mixed-use, master-planned community of Eastmark. The JV purchased the site for $48 million in April 2022 during a period of “aggressive expansion,” which saw Indicap kick off 10 developments involving more than 13 million square feet of Class A industrial space across key Arizona corridors. The inaugural Phoenix-area project was Eastmark Center of Industry, which completed Phase I construction in April. This phase brought 978,837 rentable square feet of Class A industrial space to Mesa’s Gateway Airport submarket. The space spans five mid-bay and cross-dock buildings. It features concrete slab on grade, tilt-up exterior walls, and a hybrid wood roof system, ensuring durability and flexibility. Power was also a major amenity for a project of this …
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — The Garrett Cos. has sold The Plaza Taos, a multifamily community in Chandler, to Olympus Partners for an undisclosed price. Situated off Arizona State Route 87, The Plaza Taos features 164 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with open-concept floor plans, washers/dryers and oversized patios/balconies. Completed in 2023, the community offers a heated swimming pool and spa, an off-leash pet park, indoor dog spa and outdoor kitchen with gas grills. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Additionally, Brian Eisendrath, Cameron Chalfant and Jake Vitta of IPA Capital Markets secured a seven-year loan on behalf of the buyer.
MESA, ARIZ. — CapRock Partners has acquired Longbow Industrial Park, a two-building industrial complex in Mesa, from a private investor for an undisclosed price. Situated on 14.5 acres on the northwest corner of McDowell Road and 58th Circle, Longbow Industrial Park offers a total of 244,286 square feet of Class A industrial space. Both individual buildings feature 30-foot clear heights, 2,400 square feet of speculative office space, warehouse HVAC and LED lighting, dock packages on one-third of the dock-high doors, ESFR sprinklers, ample power, a fully secured, 182-foot concrete truck court and a large wrap-around parking lot with 320 auto stalls. The 129,165-square-foot Building 1 (divisible to 30,031 square feet) offers 36 dock-high doors and four motorized grade-level doors, while the 115,121-square-foot Building 2 (divisible to 26,291 square feet) features 34 dock-high doors and four motorized grade-level doors. Stein Koss, Tom Louer, Marc Pierce and Fenton Kelly at Lee & Associates represented CapRock Partners in the acquisition and is handling leasing for the project.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $7.5M Sale of Oasis on Grand Multifamily Property in Phoenix
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Oasis on Grand, an apartment community in Phoenix. Oasis TC LLC sold the asset to 1501 Grand LLC for $7.5 million. Located at 1501 Grand Ave., Oasis on Grand offers 60 apartments. Richard Butler of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Los Angeles-based Stepp Commercial represented the buyer in the deal.