317.78-acre light industrial park near the NEC of Cottonwood Lane and Henness Road Nexus Industrial 162.54 acres at the site changed to Commerce and Business Commission will hold a second hearing May 4 IndiCap to Build 318-acre Industrial Park in Casa Grande
Economic development
New brewery, retail project could give needed boost to downtown Casa Grande
April 14, 2023 “The Terminal Station” $1 Million Dollar Project 20,658 square feet 1st quarter of 2024 is the target move in date https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2023/04/14/nk-development-casa-grande-arizona.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=PH&utm_term=phoenix_morning_call
Here’s how Pinal County could shape up over the next decade
Future focus on office, health care development By 2030, Pinal County is expected to grow by another 130,000 people focus on bringing office development, health care and tourism and entertainment options https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2023/03/23/pinal-county-arizona-industrial-growth-next-decade.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=ae&utm_content=PH&j=3093 9522&senddate=2023-03-23
PROCTER & GAMBLE CHOOSES IPAZ IN COOLIDGE
January 11, 2023 427.46ac .25 miles E of SEC Hwy 87 & Arica Rd $53,432,500 ($125,000/ac) or $2.87/sf cash Buyer intends to build a consumer products plant on site
New industrial park proposed for Pinal County city of Eloy
50-acre site in Eloy Support the growing manufacturing base in Pinal County and companies like Lucid Motors, Nikola Corp., Kohler Co. and Procter & Gamble construction by the fourth quarter of 2023 Pinal County’s lower costs, workforce, housing and education options have continued to draw more companies to locate south of the Phoenix metro as […]
Industrial expected to drive Phoenix-area economic development announcements in 2023
Nice article recapping some of the larger projects announced in 2022 as well as some observations of what’s to come in 2023 and beyond. * Lucid Motor’s plans to build out it’s campus * TSMC * P&G https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2022/12/21/phoenix-arizona-industrial-economic-development.html?ana=emailafriend
INDUSTRIAL LAND IN WEST CASA GRANDE IS KINDA HOT …
… and one of the few remaining lots in the City’s original industrial park just closed November 30, 2022 4.94ac just east of HEXCEL on Gila Bend Hwy / Hwy 84 $865,000 or $4.02/sf cash Seller was local media company owner family (Kramer) Parcel presumably has all utilities to site, and existing industrial zoning in place Buyer was […]
Procter & Gamble unveils plans for $500 million manufacturing facility in Arizona
2,700-acre Inland Port Arizona in Coolidge 2 Million square foot Facility Expected to operational by 2025 Expected to create 500 jobs in Coolidge
Public hearing and consideration of a request by Mesa Cobre Holding Corporation for a Temporary Use Permit (DSA-22-00200)
Mesa Cobre proposes to conduct mineral exploration drilling activities within a 7,000-acre area in the City Mineral exploration drilling activities located north of West Gila Bend Hwy., south of Maricopa/Casa Grande Hwy., east of North Indian Valley Rd. and west of Bianco Rd. Mesa Cobre Holding Corporation on behalf of Ivanhoe Electric Requests authorization from […]
INDUSTRIAL ACREAGE NEAR WALMART DC CLOSES
October14, 2022 Approx 67ac (estimate) north of Peters, west of Florence St $8,544,969 or approx $2.92/sf cash 3 Building Approved Project (1 building will be the manufacturing facility for SouthWark Metal Fabrication, the other 2 buildings will be industral Bluestem Commerce Center, Phase 1
Strong Economic Growth Ensures Arizona in 2023 to Have Nation’s Lowest Flat Tax
Strong Economic Growth Ensures Arizona in 2023 to Have Nation’s Lowest Flat Tax
PREVIOUS GOLDEN EAGLE DISTR HQ SOLD AGAIN
September 22, 2022 49,904sf (building) on 9.57ac @ 1000 N Jefferson St, Casa Grande $4,500,000 or $90/sf cash No information on Buyer intention for the property
NAP LAWRENCE SELLS AGAIN: YET ANOTHER WESTSIDE CG INDUSTRIAL LAND DEAL
September 12, 2022 31.2667ac $2,613,600 or $1.92/sf cash Buyer is a Taiwanese semiconductor industry-related company
MORE GRIFFITHS INDUSTRIAL LAND SELLS
August 31, 2022 10.68ac @ SWC Sunland Gin and Hanna Rds $838,181 or $1.80/sf cash (same price as recent adjacent 40ac sale) Buyer DEMON PROPERTIES is same buyer as adjacent 40ac Buyer intentions unknown
ELOY INDUSTRIAL FACILITY SELLS
August 29, 2022 47,211sf building on 8ac @ 1330 W Battaglia Rd $5,500,000 or $116.50/sf cash Intention of Buyer HERITAGE BATTERY RECYCLING, LLC, an Indian Limited Liability Company unknown but presumably their intended use has to do with the recycling of batteries
Where Do We Go Next? New Frontiers Emerge in Phoenix’s Tight Industrial Market
Where Do We Go Next? New Frontiers Emerge in Phoenix’s Tight Industrial Market
LUCID CLOSES ADDITIONAL ACREAGE
This transaction is shrouded in mystery, because since the buyer was technically a political subdivision of the State of Arizona (Pinal County), the deeds could be recorded with an exemption to reporting the deal particulars on an Affidavit of Property Value. Reference various media reports of the financing vehicle whereby Pinal County floats bonds for […]
SEMICONDUCTOR CHEMICAL COMPANY ACQUIRES 50ac ON CG’S WEST SIDE, NEXT TO CAZCP
July 13, 2022 26.22ac and 24ac mol in two separate deals $3,695,664 (combined purchase price) or about $1.70/sf cash Price looks cheap, but parcel is fairly devoid of infrastructure Buyer KPPC Advanced Chemicals Inc is a supplier to the burgeoning semiconductor industry in and around Casa Grande
SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY BUYS IN CG
June 24, 2022 96.85ac $1,893,773 or 45¢/sf cash looks like a steal! Buyer SOUTHWARK METALS looks like a user but intention unknown
…AND OSTERKAMP BUYS ANOTHER 21ac IN ELOY
June 16, 2022 21ac $2,012,472 or $2.20/sf cash Second purchase in WALTON’S ELOY industrial area
BIG USER LAND BUY NEXT TO NATIONAL GYPSUM IN ELOY
June 16, 2022 71.11ac $6,994,553 or $2.25/sf cash Seller various WALTON entities Buyer OSTERKAMP ONTARIO DISTRIBUTION LLC
LAPOUR DEVELOPMENT CLOSES 205ac INDUSTRIAL PARCEL
June 8, 2022 205ac $2,400,000 or $11,707/ac Buyer LaPour Development intends to develop the site as CG COMMERCE CENTER into sites for industrial development including manufacturing, warehousing/logistics, both “spec” and build to suit custom spaces Broker for the development is Stein Koss at Lee & Associates Tish Sopha # Title Security in Casa Grande handled the […]
AIRPARK INDUSTRIAL (MAYBE?) PARCEL SELLS TO INVESTORS
Burris Rd frontage is probably a big deal for future north-south connector to Casa Grande’s burgeoning southern industrial areas, so maybe this parcel quill have some great use someday … for now, it is bereft of infrastructure, and in airport overfly zone May 31, 2022 80ac $600,000 or $7,500/ac Buyer intention unknown
20ac IN CASA GRANDE BUSINESS PARK III
Looks like another land sale for a user. May 20, 2022 20.22ac (4 lots) $2,613,600 or $2.97/sf Buyer intention unknown
THE LUCID LAND TRAIN KEEPS ROLLING …
… and this time Verma’s not involved OMG. May 19, 2022 160ac $14,400,000 or $2.07/sf Seller is Nap Lawrence entity
AND ANOTHER VERMA DOUBLE-ESCROW TO LUCID
Not the first, and certainly not the last time that Lucid is clawing up every acre it can get its hands on around its existing campus May 17, 2022 40ac First sale (Wells to Verma): $6,533,999 or $3.75/sf Second sale (Verma to Lucid): $7,500,000 or $4.30/sf Gross (instantaneous) profit to Verma: $966,001 Lucid continues its site expansion-driven land […]
BARNES BUYS ANOTHER 80 IN PATH OF INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
A major seller as well, Vernon Barnes just bought an 80 to go with a 240 he bought earlier this year on the hot westside of Casa Grande. May 13, 2022 80ac farm, PLUS farm residence (Serrano residence) and several ancillary farm buildings $5,014,750 or $1.44/sf (ignoring the valueof the residence) The resulting 320 makes a very […]
IT’S CALLED A DOUBLE ESCROW, and DOUG KEELING …
… leaves a cool Million on the table. Doug had it sold to the Verma bunch when Broker Kirk McCarville approached them about selling the parcel to Lucid, which Verma did for a cool, quick mil. May 2, 2022 80ac First sale $8,820,000 or $2.53/sf Second sale (to Lucid) $9,9800,000 or $2.81/sf Watch for more eye-popping wallet-busting […]
3.95ac at CASA GRANDE AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK
Improved industrial parcels are getting scare … this is the fourth parcel in this area to transact in the last year or so, and $1.89/sf strikes us as a STEAL April 29, 2022 3.95ac ALL utilities to site $325,000 or $1.89/sf Buyer intentions unknown
90ac in CG’s NEW NORTH INDUSTRIAL ANNEXATION AREA CLOSES TO MICHIGAN INVESTOR
This sale is significant because buyer Ed Peters now owns 345 contiguous acres in the path of industrial progress. 85ac mol is well in the floodplain of the north branch of the Santa Cruz, but is still a very attractive industrial site. April 29, 2022 3/4 mile paved rd frontage (Ethington) AZ Water company has main to eastern boundary […]
LAST BIG LOT IN VIP/SONORAN INDUSTRIAL PARK SELLS
With the crush of giant new Industrial plants, it was inevitable that smaller, fully-serviced industrial lots would become scarce. The VIP and SONORAN INDUSTRIAL parks tick all the boxes: already subdivided into smaller lots, with all infrastructure and even some rail, appropriate zoning, and on the industrial side of town, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF […]
147ac WEST SIDE CASA GRANDE
Likely to be industrial one day: April 2, 2022 146.72ac (2 parcels, Pinal County Assessor records) Part farm land Partially in FEMA flood zone $3,004,289 or $20,476/ac cash Buyer intention unknown
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE …
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE … What the nice, shiny article DIDN’T say was that these sharp promoters went to the trouble to add $1,258,652 to the price they paid before selling it to their own investment entity – marking it up to their own investors. Kinda a no-lose situation … So their own investors are now in […]
51ac @ HARD LUCID CORNER (SWC THORNTON & PETERS)
March 31, 2022 51.69ac (County Assessor) $7,181,910 or $139,000/ac or $3.19/sf Buyer VERMA LAND discusses the purchase here (subscription model)
What’s Going Up in Casa Grande? CHECK IT OUT
The City of Casa Grande has been promising (for a long time) an easy-to=-access website showing all of the pending projects in town. Well, now it’s here! Check it out – click here What’s Going Up in Casa Grande
GOLD BOND EXPANDS ELOY LAND HOLDINGS
March 22, 2022 20ac $800,000 or $40,000/ac Rail-served Seller: Walton This parcel, created by recent MLD, is adjacent to 114ac already owned by Gold Bond, which is the site of a wallboard manufacturing plant slated to begin construction soon
KEELING PAYS $30k/ac SOUTH OF CASA GRANDE
March 18, 2022 24.98ac Farmland $750,000 or $30,000/ac cash North side of Selma Hwy, 1/4 mile west of Chuichu Tish Sopha, TITLE SECURITY AGENCY, Casa Grande handled the title/escrow
SPEAKING OF CRAZY-HIGH PRICES …
… how about 945ac of farmland east of Eloy for $94,500,000 or $100,000/ac or $2.30/sf?!!! Some things you just can’t make up. But – hey – who am I to say this property won’t sell for that?!
Small city (CASA GRANDE) near Valley attracting more semiconductor suppliers to the region
Companies from around the world have continued eyeing a growing industrial area in a small city located south of the Phoenix metro as land continues filling up across the Valley. Keep reading at (subscription needed)
I-8 & I-10 INDUSTRIAL LAND SALE TO USER?
In a series of transactions starting Feb 11. 2022, three adjacent parcels transacted to same buyer for a GRAND TOTAL of 18.34ac, 1,321,000sf, AVERAGE $1.65/sf 016732: 5.68ac, $355,000, $1.43/sf 016739: 3.63ac + 3.44ac = 7.07ac, $424,200, $1.38/sf’ 016773: 9.03ac, $541,800, $1.38/sf Buyer is Richard Grubenhoff with Indentico Print Services Buyer intention unknown
Kohler Starts Bath Fixture Factory as More Manufacturing Jobs Flow Into Greater Phoenix
Wisconsin Firm To Open 1 Million-Square-Foot Plant in Casa Grande
LATEST WESTSIDE CASA GRANDE INDUSTRIAL LAND SALE
Vernon Barnes et ux to Jing He Science (another semiconductor chemical company) 20.18ac SWC Peters & Burris, adjacent to Tractor Supply for $1,628,795 ($1.85/sf)
Interest from big manufacturers fuel economic growth in San Tan Valley, Pinal County
Economic development in Pinal County is on the rise, according to Pinal County Economic Development Manager Tim Kanavel. “We’ve increased quite a bit,” Mr. Kanavel said during a phone interview, “especially with large projects. Remember when Tesla was looking everywhere, including Coolidge? Suddenly Pinal County is on the map.” Continue reading article at