Retail Building at Emerald Design Center in Tempe Sells for $2.6M

TEMPE, ARIZ. – A 38,225-square-foot retail building at Emerald Design Center has sold to Otium Real Estate Co. for $2.6 million. The free-standing building is located at 1725 West Ruby Drive. Otium is the owner/user entity of the current tenant, Salt Creek Home, a furniture store that has occupied the building since 2010. The showroom was built in 2006 as part of the 250,000-square-foot Emerald Design Center. The center features an eclectic mix of home furnishing retailers in the East Valley. Rick Robertson, Dave Johnson and Jerry Marrell of Lee & Associates represented both the buyer and the seller, Granco Enterprises, in this transaction.