88 years old Lodge on the Desert The hotel was sold to an investor in Chicago.
The 102-room hotel at 306 N. Alvernon Way was purchased by the Atria Hotel for $16 million, Pima County Recorder documents show.
Bill Murney and Jesse Heydorff, along with the hospitality team of Cushman & Wakefield in Phoenix, represented the seller, Lodge Partners LLC.
“With the Santa Catalina Mountains as a backdrop, the property’s hacienda-style accommodations near the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona Medical Center are perfect for new owners to capitalize on and continue the post-pandemic demand-accelerated hotel recovery.” It provided an opportunity for the Tucson hotel market,” said Executive Managing Director Marnie. “The lodge is doing great…including creating a strategic local following at Cielo’s, the resort restaurant.”
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A customer sits and talks at Cielos Restaurant at The Lodge on the Desert in 2021.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
The property added 67 rooms in 2010 and features casitas and guest rooms on five acres.
The property was built in 1934. As a residence, it was converted in 1936 into a guest ranch with seven rooms.
No property changes have been announced.
Other local real estate deals include:
Schnitzer Properties LLC Purchased 97 acres of land at 4300 E. Los Reales Road from Raceway Partners LLC for $7.6 million and purchased a 109,229 square foot industrial building at 5580 S. Nogales Hwy. For $7.3 million from WAA Nogales Hwy LLC. Sales were handled by Tauna Robley of Tucson Realty Solutions and Robert Glaser, Jesse Blum and Paul Hooker of Picor.
TK Family LLC purchased 2.73 acres of land at 2410 and 2435 N. Tanque Verde Village Place from SCOTIA JV 2005 LLP for $375,000. Rob Tomlinson represented the seller with Picor and Frank Arrotta with Tucson Realty & Trust Co. represented the buyer.
CCS Presentation Systems LLC leased 4,800 square feet of industrial space at 740 E. Ajo Way. CBRE’s Tim Healy handled the lease.
C2D2 Associates’ new 6601 E. Grant Road Redevelopment Project has signed two new leases. Mountain Mike’s Pizza leases 3,300 sf Its Second Tucson Location Jamba Juice has leased 1,500 square feet of drive-thru space. Dave Hammack and Aaron LaPrise handled the deal with Picor.
Bark N Meow LLC has leased 1,315 sf from Mahoney Family Partnership in Speedway Center at 3023 E. Speedway. Greg Furrier and Natalie Furrier, along with Picor, represented the landlord.
Aerial view of Tucson in 1968
Looking north from Arroyo Chico, this December 1968 aerial view of Tucson is still a more or less open pit intersecting S. Cherry Avenue (lower right). Drive past the University of Arizona campus and past Speedway Blvd. The expansion of Arizona Stadium, the Arroyo Chico flood control project, and the expansion of Kino Parkway have broken it apart.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
The clean, linear University of Arizona mall divides the campus in two in this aerial shot looking west from Tucson Boulevard. December 1968. The 100-foot tall Meinel Optcal Sciences Building, to the left of the photo, is under construction on a vacant lot that has been cleared for further expansion.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
This December 1968 aerial view of Tucson looks roughly east from Stone Avenue toward the West College District and the center of the University of Arizona campus. Sixth Avenue is at the bottom. Catalina Park is on the bottom left.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
Saguaro High School opened for students in August 1968. In this December 1968 aerial shot across the southwest of Tucson, it is surrounded by new subdivisions. His stretch of open desert across from the high school was not intact. for a long time.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
This December 1968 aerial view of Tucson shows downtown Tucson with “A” Mountain and Tumamook Hill in the distance. Old barrio homes and businesses were demolished to make way for the TCC and Symphony Hall (left). Southern Pacific RR Hospital (now Evo his Deconcini U.S. District Court) is in the center of the picture. The Pima County Courthouse is nearly complete, but construction on the Superior Court building has yet to begin. At the bottom of Stonehis Avenue are still large department stores, Penny’s, Jacombe and Steinfeld. But their existence was doomed by El Con Mall, a few miles to the east.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
This December 1968 aerial view of Tucson shows the Rolling Hills Golf Course and its surrounding new homes along the two-lane (partially unpaved) Golf Links Road. St. Augustine Catholic High School is just to the right in the large open grounds. on the golf course. The only structure on the south side of the Golf Links, the ‘V’ building, is still there. New Life Wesleyan Church.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
22nd Street extends east from Houghton Road in Tucson in this December 1968 aerial view of Tucson. In the middle, the Old Spanish Trail crosses his 22nd Street and then Harrison Road. The land surrounding that intersection is now paved with countless retail outlets. At least two of his homes in the foreground are still there, surrounded by dense subdivisions.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
New Interstate 10 loops through South Tucson in this aerial photo looking southeast in December 1968. In the distance, the new interstate turns right and returns to the Benson Highway (old US 80). Julian Wash is right. The black lines on the left are the El Paso and Southwestern RR tracks that were still in use at the time.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
In this December 1968 aerial view of Tucson, the De Anza Drive-In Theater on Alvernon Way south of 22nd Street rises out of the desert. Across Alvernon on the left is the almost invisible Magic His Carpet Slide. In the background, the Bermuda grass at Reed Park’s Randolph Golf Course is dormant for the winter.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
Hues of the future mesh with Tucson’s past in this December 1968 aerial view of downtown Tucson. The new Interstate 10 is nearly complete and bridges the streets of Tucson. The bulldozer-covered barrio (left) is evident, but still retains vestiges of Tucson’s architectural pride. The Carnegie Library (center foreground) is beautiful, and to its right is the majestic Hotel Santa Rita, home to several modest and quirky hotels, theaters, and brick buildings. with character.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
Broadway Road looking west from Swan Road in Tucson, 1968. The street in the foreground is the wide Via Venice. Midstar Plaza is on the left. A mid-rise office building at 4400 E. Broadway is under construction just above the square pictured.
Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
Tucson real estate information is gathered from Pima County Records Department records and brokers. Send information to Gabriela Rico, [email protected]
Tucson real estate information is gathered from Pima County Records Department records and brokers. Send information to Gabriela Rico, [email protected]