PHOENIX — Scooter’s Coffee has announced plans to add new coffee shops to four states, which includes Phoenix, Ariz. Other states receiving outposts include Florida, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Once these locations are open, Scooter’s will have more than 130 stores in 14 states. It plans to open 25 new locations in the first half of 2016.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $93 million refinancing for a 523,673-square-foot office park in Chandler. The Class A park is located at the intersection of highways 101 and 202. The property contains six office buildings within a master-planned business park that also features office, hospitality and restaurant properties. The office park is fully leased to tenants like Healthways, Infineon Technologies and Infusion Software. The loan features a 10-year term with three years interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Eric Flyckt of NorthMarq Capital’s San Diego office arranged the financing through the firm’s relationship with Citi Group. Douglas Allred Company owns the property.
PHOENIX — Colliers International has arranged the $9.7 million sale of Mountain Park Plaza, an 87,672-square-foot shopping center located in Phoenix. Mindy Korth and Kirk Kuller of Colliers represented the seller, Issaquah, Wash.-based Western America Commercial, in the transaction. The buyer was Fairfield, N.J.-based Lamar Cos. Tenants at the 95-percent-occupied center include anchor Fry’s Food and Drug, Nationwide Vision and Sally Beauty Supply. Three pads occupied by a Fry’s Food Stores fueling station, Taco Bell and Kidz Connextion Dental Center were not included in the sale.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — LGE Design Build has broken ground on Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row, an 8,000-square-foot restaurant located in Gilbert. The property will feature a 10,000-square-foot patio, a large dance floor for country line dancing and an outdoor area for games including corn hole and Ping-Pong. The restaurant, set for completion in late 2016, will be constructed with reclaimed wood, steel, high ceilings and natural lighting.
PHOENIX — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of the former Giant Industries corporate headquarters office building in Phoenix for $8.5 million. United Insurance Co. of America sold the asset to Generations at Pinnacle Peak LLC, a Michigan-based investor that plans to convert the office property into an assisted living community. The two-story building was constructed in 1989 and contains approximately 66,283 square feet of space. The structure is situated on four acres of land. Larry Downey, vice chairman for Cushman & Wakefield, represented the seller in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Gabriel Partners has signed a long-term agreement for 19,202 square feet of office space in downtown Phoenix. The space is located at 40 North Central Ave. The technology-based, anti-money-laundering company will occupy the entire 22nd floor. Ryan Bartos and Matthew Coxhead of Savills Studley represented Gabriel Partners in the transaction. Pat Divine of Cushman and Wakefield represented the landlord.
PHOENIX — The Opus Group has commenced construction on a 393,300-square-foot speculative warehouse and distribution building in Phoenix. The Opus Airport Industrial will be situated on 23 acres of land at the northeast corner of 7th and Elwood streets, near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Opus Airport Industrial will be the largest available industrial space in the submarket once it’s completed in September, according to the developer. It will also be able to accommodate single- or multi-tenant occupants looking for manufacturing, distribution and light assembly uses, among others. Opus Development Company LLC is developing the project. Opus Design Build LLC is the design-builder, while Opus AE Group LLC is the architect and structural engineer of record. Ware Malcomb is the design architect. CBRE’s John Werstler, Cooper Fratt and Jerry McCormick will market the property for lease. The team also executed the land sale between Opus and the seller, 7th Street Industrial LLC.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — CSW Land Co Riggs has purchased a 25,234-square-foot office and warehouse property in Chandler for $3.1 million. The asset is located at 11237 E. Riggs Road. It was formerly home to telecommunications contractor Stewart Electric & Communications. CSW Contractors plans to relocate to the space. CBRE’s John Werstler represented the buyer. Gail Brown of GPE represented Stewart Electric.
PHOENIX — WLA Realty Group has purchased Roosevelt Business Park, a 223,257-square-foot industrial campus in Phoenix, for $14.9 million. The park is located at 7150 W. Roosevelt St. It was 75 percent leased at the time of sale. Gary Anderson, Paul Boyle, Rick Danis and Mike Gilbert of Cushman & Wakefield executed the transaction. The seller was Pearlman Property Management. The Cushman & Wakefield team was also retained to lease the business park.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Medical Development Partners have unveiled plans for Parkland Memory Care, a 72-bed memory care community to be built in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. Development costs were not disclosed. The City of Chandler recently approved the rezoning of the 4.5-acre site to construct the 36,377-square-foot community. The majority of the community’s 72 beds will be in private units. In addition to the single-story memory care community, the developers plan to construct two medical office buildings on the site. Lenity Architecture, an Oregon-based architecture firm, designed the building while Phillip Ryan of Ryan & Associates provided landscape architecture services. Raymond Poe and Neal Salmen are leading the development team at Scottsdale-based Medical Development Partners. JF Construction Co. is scheduled to start construction during the summer of 2016. Upon completion in 2017, Seasons Management Group, based out of Oregon, will operate the community.
