TUCSON, ARIZ. — SAFME Holdings LLC has purchased 10,000 square feet of office space at 1575 E. River Road in Tucson from Rabb Investments LLC for $2.3 million. Richard Kleiner and Alexis Corona of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller, while Kyle Kilgore of NAI Horizon, Tucson, represented the buyer.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Wane Investments LLC has purchased an industrial building located at 990 S. Cherry Ave. in Tucson from Gould Family Properties VIII for $2.1 million. Paul Hooker of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller, while Christopher McClurg and Michael Giuliano of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the transaction.
MESA, ARIZ. — SimonCRE has acquired 64 acres of land for a new mixed-use development dubbed Medina Station in Mesa, roughly 20 miles outside Phoenix. Plans for the roughly 305,335-square-foot project include a multi-tenant retail center, retail outparcels, a restaurant district and a multifamily complex. Tenants at Medina Station will include Boot Barn, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Zara Nails, Café Zupas, GoodVets, U.S. Bank and Hawaiian Bros Island Grill. A Target store and a two-story, 80,000-square-foot Dick’s Sporting Goods will anchor the development. SimonCRE plans to break ground on the project in 2025, with initial tenant openings expected for 2026.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — CBRE has brokered the sale of The Forum at Gilbert Ranch, a Class A, 97,000-square-foot office campus in Gilbert. A private, high-net-worth 1031 exchange investor acquired the asset from a private seller for $23.5 million. The Forum at Gilbert Ranch consists of a single-story building and four two-story buildings, with an average suite size of 4,500 square feet. Additionally, the property offers onsite amenities and covered parking. The asset is situated on 6.5 acres at 1475, 1482, 1528 and 1530 E. Williams Field Road and 2314 S. Val Vista Drive. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent leased. Geoff Turbow, Anthony DeLorenzo, Matt Pourcho and Charlie von Arentschildt of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. The buyer was self-represented.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Diversified Healthcare Trust has completed the $16.8 million disposition of an industrial building, located at 1415 W. Third St. in Tempe, to an undisclosed buyer. Evan Koplan and Charlie von Arenstchildt of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Situated on 5.3 acres, the 82,266-square-foot building features a floor plate divisible to 23,000 square feet, 18- to 20-foot clear heights, a double truck well, four grade-level doors, 100 percent air conditioning and 265 parking stalls. The facility was built in 1981. The asset includes 3 acres of excess land for heavy parking, yard use or future building expansion.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Scottsdale, Arizona-based Diversified Partners has opened Mercy Center, an 11-acre mixed-use development in Gilbert, approximately 22 miles southeast of Phoenix. A mix of retail and office tenants — Galleria Nails, Prizm Dental, Honoré Skin Clinic, Beem Light Sauna, Brickhouse Dental and Willow Midwife — have already opened. Kolache Café and The Cabinet Design Studio are under construction and will soon join the tenant roster. Additionally, Arizona’s largest Starbucks Coffee is open at Mercy Center, which features a two-story design, a 23-car drive-thru, designated mobile order parking, an elevator and rooftop solar panels that supply 80 to 100 percent of the store’s energy needs. The center is designed to serve the needs of the growing medical and residential community surrounding Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and the soon-to-open Phoenix Children’s Hospital – East Valley.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Porter Kyle has broken ground on The Wayne, a $60 million multifamily build-to-rent (BTR) project situated on an infill site at 1535 N. Dobson Road in Chandler. The first units are slated for delivery in spring 2026. The community will feature 100 one-, two- and three-bedroom rental homes offering two-car direct-access garages and private backyards. Community amenities will include a resident clubhouse with coworking spaces, private offices, a gym, swimming pool and outdoor kitchen, as well as a dog park and community trail system.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — San Jose, Calif.-based Old Man Cactus LLC has acquired Sun Aire Plaza II, a retail center in Peoria, from Chandler, Ariz.-based Fen Investments for $2.8 million. Located at 9501 W. Peoria Ave., Sun Aire Plaza II offers 64,033 square feet of retail space on 1.5 acres. Troy Giammarco of NAI Horizon First represented the buyer, while Cindy Moy-Zhang and Brook Miller of Re/Max Solutions represented the seller in the deal.
HSINCHU, TAIWAN —TSMC (NYSE: TSM), a Taiwanese manufacturer of semiconductors, has announced plans to invest at least $100 billion in the United States, which would bring the company’s total investment in its U.S. manufacturing base to $165 billion. As part of the new round of investment, TSMC plans to develop three more fabs (i.e. manufacturing plants), two advanced packaging facilities and a major research-and-development (R&D) center in Arizona. Once fully realized, the project will be solidified as the “largest single foreign direct investment in U.S. history,” according to TSMC. The construction timeline was not disclosed, but U.S. President Donald Trump and TSMC CEO C.C. Wei announced the investment at a press conference on Monday, with Trump saying the investment will be made “over the next short period of time.” TSMC’s expanded investment is expected to support 40,000 construction jobs over the next four years and create tens of thousands of high-tech jobs in advanced chip manufacturing and R&D, which Trump said would range between 20,000 and 25,000 jobs. Yahoo! Finance reported that Intel is currently the only computer chip manufacturer with a dedicated R&D center in the United States. TSMC is currently building out its 1,100-acre campus in north Phoenix, …
— Dave Carder, Senior Vice President, Kidder Mathews — The state of Phoenix’s office market is not easily summed up with a catchy headline or a few brief bullet points. Along with most large metropolitan areas across the country, Phoenix has struggled with lower demand, rising vacancies and a shift toward hybrid workweeks. However, several emerging trends are creating positive shifts in the market that should be noted as we look to 2025 and beyond. The average vacancy rate of the Phoenix office market over the past decade was 18.5 percent. That includes a low of 13.9 percent in 2019 and a high of 24.8 percent in 2024. Gross leasing absorption averaged nearly 7 million square feet annually, with a high of nearly 7.9 million square feet in 2019 and a low of 5.5 million square feet last year. Net leasing absorption showed a similar pattern, peaking at 3.1 million square feet in 2019 and declining to negative 2.2 million square feet in 2024. These trends point to 2019 being the market’s best-performing pre-pandemic year across all three metrics. Despite 2024’s gross leasing absorption (5.5 million square feet) being close to the 10-year average, the significant rise in vacancy and …