PHOENIX — Discount Tire, through its affiliate real estate division Halle Properties LLC, has purchased Desert Ridge Corporate Center I and II in Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not released. Desert Ridge includes 275,208 square feet of multi-tenant office space across two four-story office buildings originally constructed in 2005 and 2007. The asset also offers a three-level parking structure. Discount Tire currently occupies an entire floor at Desert Ridge, which houses a part of the national retailer’s corporate functions. Founded in 1960 by Bruce T. Halle, Discount Tire operates more than 1,200 tire retail stores across the United States, as well as an online tire and wheel shopping platform. The 12.2-acre Desert Ridge site is located 4.7 miles from the Discount Tire headquarters and one mile from the 35-acre site Discount Tire acquired in December 2022.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Phoenix-based developer George Oliver, in partnership with Ascentris, has acquired 7272 East Indian School Road, a 165,220-square-foot office building in the Old Town neighborhood of Scottsdale, for $42.2 million. The purchase, which follows the partnership’s mid-2024 acquisition of 4141 and 4167 N. Scottsdale Road, expands the companies’ Old Town Scottsdale footprint to more than 350,000 square feet. The partnership plans to redevelop the properties into a new trademark George Oliver experiential office campus. The Old Town assemblage occupies approximately 6 acres at the corner of Scottsdale and Indian School roads. Design concepts for the campus are underway, with renovations slated to begin in 2025. The design and architecture for the new Old Town Scottsdale assemblage is being led by George Oliver Design. JLL’s Ben Geelan, Will Mast, Jack Miller and Gigi Martin represented the seller in the acquisition.
CHANDLER AND MESA, ARIZ. — Gantry has secured a total of $39.5 million in permanent loans for the owner of Parc Germann Industrial Park and Ray Industrial Park. Located at 2215 and 2225 E. Germann Road in Chandler, Parc Germann offers 225,000 square feet of fully occupied industrial space spread across two buildings. Located at 7535 E. Ray Road in Mesa, Ray Industrial Park offers a 139,000-square-foot fully occupied, multi-tenant industrial building. Tony Kaufman and Joe Foley of Gantry represented the borrower, a Bay Area real estate investor with a legacy-hold Arizona investment strategy. Each fixed rate loan was secured from Gantry’s correspondent insurance company lenders. The individual nonrecourse loans feature interest-only payments and have no ongoing structure or operating covenants.
PHOENIX — GO Industrial, in partnership with Clarion Partners, has acquired a 9.4-acre infill parcel at 3050 S. 35th St. in Phoenix. The site is located on the southern border of Sky Harbor International Airport. Terms of the transaction were not released. GO Industrial plans to demolish the existing single-story, office/light industrial building on the site by the end of first-quarter 2025 and begin construction of Three Five Logistics. Designed by DLR Group, the 159,305-square-foot industrial facility will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 27 dock-high doors, four drive-in loading doors, 47 trailer stalls and 164 auto parking spots. Payton Kruidenier and Kyle McGinley of Ross Brown Partners facilitated the transaction, representing both the buyer and undisclosed seller.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR has negotiated the acquisition of a 6,313-square-foot office space at 3935 E. Fort Lowell in Tucson. Entities doing business as FTL 3935 LLC and Dalehurst LLC acquired the asset from Harlequin LLC for $2.4 million. Richard Kleiner and Alexis Corona of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the buyer in the deal.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR has arranged the sale of a flex building located at 1455 W. River Road in Tucson. Escalante Concrete Construction Inc. acquired the asset from 1455 River Rd LLC for $3.8 million. The 20,000-square-foot building was originally built for ITT Technical Institute. Greg Furrier and Natalie Furrier of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller, while Max Fisher of BRD Realty represented the buyer in the deal.
SEDONA, ARIZ. — Chicago-based Waterton has purchased Poco Diablo Resort, a 137-key hotel located at 1752 AZ-179 in Sedona. Terms of the transaction were not released. Waterton plans to reposition and rebrand the asset as Outbound Sedona. Planned renovations include adding a heated pool and hot tub with rock formations, mini-waterfall features and zero gravity lounging options, as well as expanding the spa to include new treatment rooms. Situated on 18 acres adjacent to Oak Creek, the hotel features a lobby, onsite restaurant, 8,500 square feet of indoor/outdoor event space, a swimming pool and spa center. Outbound Sedona will be operated by Denver-based CoralTree Hospitality. The property will the fifth hotel under Waterton’s Outbound Hotels brand, a collection of lifestyle hotels in outdoor destinations.
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Rockefeller Group has completed the construction of Surprise Pointe Commerce Center, a distribution center on 24 acres in Surprise. The 418,400-square-foot property can accommodate one to four tenants and offers a clear height of 36 feet, 80 dock doors, a 190-foot truck yard, 103 truck trailer parking stalls, 466 auto-parking stalls and custom-designed office space. The project team included Ware Malcomb, Layton Construction and Hunter Engineering. Cooper Fratt and John Werstler of CBRE are marketing the project for lease or sale.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — An affiliate of Cohen Asset Management has purchased a freestanding industrial manufacturing building in Gilbert from Southern California-based De Pietro Holdings for $8.7 million. Rigid Industries LED Lighting, a LED lighting company, occupies the 48,823-square-foot building, which is located at 779 N. Colorado St. The building was originally developed in 2004. Phil Haenel, Will Strong, Foster Bundy and Katie Repine of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group in Phoenix represented the buyer and seller in the deal. The seller had owned the property since 2015 prior to the sale.
PHOENIX — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 501 Gateway, a four-story office building located at 501 N. 44th St. in Phoenix. An undisclosed full service real estate solutions firm sold the asset to 501 Gateway Center LLC for $18 million. The property features 102,305 square feet of multi-tenant office space, a four-story parking garage, flexible floor plates, an onsite café and immediate freeway, airport and light rail access. At the time of sale, the building was 82 percent leased. The building, which was originally constructed in 1997, has been upgraded to a modern office asset. Eric Wichterman, Chris Toci and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield in Phoenix represented the seller in the transaction.