Ugly Grant could get major face-lift with overlay zone

Rhonda Bodfield ARIZONA DAILY STAR December 20, 2011 As streets go, there’s ugly, and then there’s Grant Road. Jim Hogan has been in business along Grant since 1976, and he’ll be the first to say it’s not an attractive street. The Realtor and the owner of a real-estate-education school says there are junky buildings along […]

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PICOR Charitable Foundation Grants $45,545 to 35 Local Youth Programs

With the unprecedented support of corporate and individual donors, PICOR Charitable Foundation (PCF) raised a record high $45,545 and donated the total, dollar for dollar, to not-for-profits serving disadvantaged youth in greater Tucson. Giving in 2011 represents an impressive 35% increase over 2010 and brings PCF’s total grants to Tucson charities in excess of $533,000. […]

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Bank sells Briarwood Apartments, PICOR brokers sale

INSIDE TUCSON BUSINESS December 14, 2011 A group of investors based in Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla. have purchased the distressed Briarwood Apartments out of foreclosure. For $6 million, College Town Tucson LLC acquired the 196-unit complex at 1300 E. Ft. Lowell from the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank NA. The apartments have been renamed College Town […]

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Tucson tech: Cost-cutting technologies can help U.S. compete in solar

David Wichner ARIZONA DAILY STAR December 13, 2011 It wasn’t exactly a chamber-of-commerce day in Tucson as a key U.S. Energy Department official visited on Monday to talk solar energy with local researchers and industry folks. But despite the rain and gloom outside, Ramamoorthy Ramesh delivered a message of hope and urgency in a meeting […]

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Tucson should recover lost jobs by 2015, UA economist forecasts

INSIDE TUCSON BUSINESS December 9, 2011 Tucson’s economic recovery is happening – slowly and not assuredly –  and if his projection holds true, economist Marshall J. Vest says Tucson should recover all of the jobs lost during the economic recession by 2015. There are still headwinds but the director of the Economic and Business Research […]

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Commercial Real Estate and Technology: Get on Board

Barbi Reuter, PICOR TREND REPORT December 2011 Commercial real estate (CRE) is a relationship business. Technology tools enhance relationships and service delivery; they don’t replace them. Said another way, technology and social media are not ends in themselves, but means to improve service through improved research, analysis, marketing and productivity. Early adopters jump on the […]

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1070 E. IRVINGTON ROAD – MULTI-FAMILY PURCHASE

Economia, LLC purchased the twelve-unit Irvington Apartment Complex at 1070 E. Irvington Rd. in Tucson from City National Bank for $237,000.   Allan Mendelsberg and Bob Kaplan, Investment Specialists with PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services, represented the Seller while Larry Pollman with HomeSmart Tucson North represented the Buyer in this transaction. For more information on this and other […]

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1300 E. FT. LOWELL – MULTI-FAMILY PURCHASE

College Town Tucson, LLC purchased the 196 unit Briarwood Apartment Complex at 1300 E. Ft. Lowell in Tucson from WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C4 for $6,000,000.   Bob Kaplan and Allan Mendelsberg, Investment Specialists with PICOR Commercial […]

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Tucson New Multifamily Construction

Bob Kaplan, PICOR TREND REPORT December 2011 After almost two decades of very modest Apartment construction in Pima County, apartment developers have suddenly become very active this past year. There are currently 7 projects under construction in Pima County and many more planned. Apartments are now one of the few bright spots of local and […]

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