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First Deal Inked at Vacant Scottsdale Office Asset

SCOTTSDALE, AZ- Landmark Management takes 6,200 square feet in ViaWest's North Scottsdale Corporate Center, which was vacant since opening two years ago.

By John McCloud | Updated on March 20, 2009

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-A shift in strategy has enabled ViaWest Properties to close the first deal at its North Scottsdale Corporate Center project after more than two years of effort. Earlier this week, the Phoenix-based company signed the locally based Landmark Management Group Inc. to a three-year lease for 6,200 square feet of office space. The deal includes an option to purchase, which the lessee has indicated it will exercise during the first six months of tenancy.

ViaWest bought the 35,020-square-foot building at 6930 E. Chauncey Ln. in shell condition for $7.3 million shortly after its completion in 2007. But a marketing program that focused on large users failed to produce results. A recent change to target smaller users and offer both lease and condominium purchase options combined with more favorable rates appears to have turned the trick. Bret Isbell, who represented the landlord in the transaction, says he has a second lease/purchase deal with a dentist for 2,200 square feet close to completion and a lease for 10,000 square feet with a medical provider in the works. The deals were initiated when Isbell worked for Scottsdale-based Logan Commercial Advisors, which has the brokerage assignment. He is now a senior vice president at GPE Properties in Scottsdale.

The company acquired the building when a previous buyer, which had already bought a twin structure built by the same developer, dropped out of escrow. ViaWest partner Scott Schwarz tells GlobeSt.com the initial strategy was to lease or resell to a single-user, but he says two different sales deals fell out of escrow. A subsequent attempt to lease about half the space to a single tenant also came up short.

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