After a 17-year career with the University of Arizona Tech Park, Molly Gilbert joined Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR specializing in the sale and lease of Tucson office properties. While at the Tech Park, she led many initiatives, including Community Engagement efforts, managing community, government, university, and tenant relations. Molly is a co-founder of the Arizona Center for Innovation, one of the oldest business incubation programs in the state. She helped start numerous initiatives designed to bring stakeholders together and promote workforce development including the Arizona Business Incubator Association, Next Steps for Vets, Tucson Innovation Partnership, and Racing the Sun. She has written grants resulting in over $5 million in federal funding. Molly was the project manager for The Bridges and oversaw the construction of infrastructure improvements on the property. She has also worked as a middle school educator, retail store manager, and entrepreneur.
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Tucson,
Commercial real estate,
Community,
Office,
Leadership,
Medical office
Improvement in the Tucson office market's performance continued into Q2 2018. Positive year-to-date absorption of 146,400 square feet (sf) improved the overall market vacancy a full 50 basis points to 8.4% from last quarter’s 8.9%. Vacancy reached its lowest mark since Q3 2008.
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Topics:
Tucson,
Economy,
Commercial real estate,
Absorption,
Lease rates,
Leasing,
Office,
Medical office
| The Tucson Metro Chamber announces the election of the 2018-19 board chair, six new board members and the full slate of board members. The Tucson Metro Chamber board of directors elected Barbi Reuter, president for Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, as chair of the board for the 2018-2019 term. Reuter has held a seat on the board of directors since 2016 and has volunteered countless hours working with the Chamber on business and community issues. |
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Tucson,
Economy,
Commercial real estate,
Economic development,
Community
The purpose of this report is to show the strengths and weaknesses of Tucson, Arizona and its sister cities, Albuquerque, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. The three cities are sisters since they have many commonalities including climate, population size, and each city having a military base and a university. The stats and data shown herein are used to illustrate the bigger picture and may not reflect exact figures.
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Topics:
Industrial,
Commercial real estate,
Economic development,
Office,
Retail
“Wow! What a great time to be in Industrial real estate!” These are sentiments not heard in almost a decade. During the depths of the doldrums, the Tucson commercial real estate market was marked by Foreclosures and REO sales, “blend and extend” lease negotiations, downsizing (or “rightsizing” as it was more positively termed) and a general sense of survival.
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Economy,
Commercial real estate,
Economic development,
Investment property,
Market trends,
Lease rates,
Warehouse,
Transportation,
Logistics,
Manufacturing
The overall performance of Tucson’s professional office and medical market remained solid through Q1 2018, with a slight shift in overall vacancy to 8.9%. Market fundamentals were significantly improved year-over-year, as demonstrated by the vacancy rate improving from 10.6% in Q1 2017.
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Topics:
Tucson,
Commercial real estate,
Absorption,
Lease rates,
Leasing,
Office
Tucson retail vacancy improved dramatically in the first quarter of 2018, dropping from 6.0% to 5.6%. This may have led to an increase in average asking lease rates compared to last quarter. Rates averaged $15.05 per square foot (psf) versus $14.87 psf at year end 2017.
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Topics:
Tucson,
Economy,
Commercial real estate,
Investment property,
Absorption,
Vacancy,
Lease rates,
Leasing,
Retail
Absorption of Tucson industrial space continued during the first quarter of 2018, with 57,423 square feet (sf) of positive net absorption for the quarter. This reduced the overall vacancy rate to 6.3% in the 42.9 million square foot (msf) inventory of industrial buildings.
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Topics:
Tucson,
Industrial,
Commercial real estate,
Warehouse,
Logistics,
Manufacturing
Since CoStar Group entered the Tucson market in 2005 to track commercial property inventory, sales and lease transactions, Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR has consistently been ranked as one of CoStar’s top 10 “Power Brokers.”
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Topics:
Tucson,
Commercial real estate,
Leadership
Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR salutes its 2017 outstanding achievers who were honored at the company’s annual awards luncheon held at the Tucson Country Club on January 24, 2018. Firm leader Barbi Reuter recognized Rebecca Fuentes, SPHR with the “President’s Award for Excellence,” citing tremendous growth, and stellar community and internal leadership roles.
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Topics:
Tucson,
Commercial real estate,
Property management,
Leadership
