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January 27, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) – GPE Companies (www.gpe1.com) reported closing 25 commercial transactions in the amount of $9.6M for 95,037 square feet in December 2011.
- $4.7M in commercial sales (54,212 SF)
- $3.1M in commercial leases (40,825 SF)
- $1.8M in business sales
GPE Management Services successfully concluded construction supervision for tenant improvement projects totaling over $42,000.
January 13, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) -
GPE Commercial Advisors is pleased to announce that Amy Dattilo has joined their Brokerage Division as Associate Vice President specializing in office sales & leasing as well as tenant & landlord representation. She will be joining the team of Kathleen M. Morgan, CCIM and Trisha A. Talbot, CCIM. She has represented national retail tenants such as Wells Fargo, McDonalds, JNK Restaurant Group, Quik Trip & CarMax.
January 3, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) -
GPE Companies, a local leader in commercial real estate and property management services, has been named one of the Valley’s Best Places to Work for the year 2011 by the Phoenix Business Journal. The company’s two divisions, GPE Commercial Advisors and GPE Management Services, share the honor of making the list of top 30 companies in the Micro Company category of 49 or less employees.
December 20, 2011 (Phoenix, Arizona) – GPE Companies (www.gpe1.com) reported closing 16 sales and leasing transactions in the amount of $3.95M for 62,225 square feet.
Additionally, GPE Management Services successfully concluded construction supervision for tenant improvement projects totaling over $45,000 in November.
Phoenix, Ariz. (December 17, 2011)
GPE Commercial Advisors secured the sale of a 13,531 square foot, two-story office building in upscale, Scottsdale Airpark on 7020 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale.
Phoenix, Ariz. (December 2, 2011)
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Trisha A. Talbot, CCIM, and Kathleen M. Morgan, CCIM, of GPE Commercial Advisors have been retained as the exclusive leasing agents for Paradiso Medical Plaza, a two-story, state-of-the-art medical office building at 11000 North Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The announcement follows Mark IV Capital Inc's, owners of the 59,502-square-foot building, completion of $2M in renovations, capital improvements and installation of energy efficient doors, windows and lighting. Formerly known as Continental Plaza, the garden office property is now devoted to providing physicians and healthcare providers with modern, comfortable offices in a prospering medical community.
November 12, 2011 (Phoenix, Arizona) – In October 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors (www.gpe1.com) reported closing six purchase transactions for $2.9M (37,492 square feet) and 12 lease transactions for $2.1M (31,937 square feet). Combined, GPE represented 18 completed transactions for $5M totaling 69,429 square feet. Additionally, GPE Management Services successfully provided construction supervision for 11 capital and tenant improvement projects totaling $245,000 during the month.
November 8, 2011 (Phoenix, Ariz.) - The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center at Phoenix South Mountain (www.psmkroc.org) is pleased to announce The Classic 100—a 100-hole golf marathon on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Benefits of the inaugural event go toward helping children and teenagers of families in need of assistance participate in the Community Center's programs and activities.
October 18, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – In September 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors reported closing four purchase transactions for $1.7M (83,658 square feet, including two-acre land sale), 20 lease transactions for $5.2M (64,478 square feet) and one dental practice sale for $410,000. Combined, GPE represented 25 completed transactions for $7.3M totaling 148,136 square feet.
September 19, 2011 (Scottsdale, AZ) - GPE Companies, one of Arizona’s oldest privately owned property management, sales and leasing commercial real estate companies, is relocating to 2777 East Camelback Road in Phoenix.
October 1, 2011, GPE will reveal their new 8,000 square foot office designed to meet the company’s goals in providing excellence in client service while investing in the future of sustainable office space.
September 19, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – In August 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors reported closing five purchase transactions for $1.6M (35,559 square feet), 17 lease transactions for $5.4M (52,220 square feet) and one dental practice sale for $575,000. Combined, GPE represented 23 completed transactions for $7.6M totaling 87,779 square feet.
Top transactions for the month:
In commercial real estate sales
Mesa, AZ - Caveman Printing, a traditional print, graphics, and custom printed products & apparel company, purchased 14,682 SF for $500,000 at 120 East Southern Ave. Bret Isbell and Russell Fine represented the seller.
In commercial real estate leasing
Phoenix, AZ - A bariatric center leased 11,417 SF at St. Luke's Medical Building, 555 North 18th Street. Nicholas A. Pelusio represented the landlord.
August 30, 2011 (Scottsdale, AZ) - Kevin Helland, a Senior Vice President with GPE Commercial Advisors in Phoenix, was recently appointed to The Salvation Army Advisory Council of the Phoenix South Mountain Community Center.
August 25, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – In July 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors reported closing five purchase transactions for $4.2M (51,850 square feet plus a 38.16 acre land sale), 12 lease transactions for $1.8M (37,136 square feet). Combined, GPE represented 17 completed transactions for $6M totaling 88,986 square feet and the 38.16 acre land sale.
Top transactions for the month:
In commercial real estate sales
Peoria, AZ - Its All in The Game purchased the sports complex formerly known as Chili Davis Premier Baseball Training Facility at 7797 West Paradise Lane for $800,000. The building is situated on leasehold land with the City of Peoria. Bret Isbell and Russell Fine represented the seller in the 40,436 SF deal.
In commercial real estate leasing
In commercial real estate leasing Chandler, AZ - A behavioral health leased 8,965 SF at Chandler Commerce Plaza, 325 East Elliot Road. Sarah Weddle and Dave Sampson represented the tenant.
August 11, 2011 (Phoenix, AZ) Clifton Gunderson, ranked as one of the nation's largest certified public accounting and consulting firms, today announced it will relocate its Phoenix office. Effective January 1, 2012, Clifton Gunderson will become a new tenant at 20 East Thomas Road, Phoenix, Ariz. The new location will accommodate the expansion of Clifton Gunderson's Phoenix practice office.

Spectrum Falls Professional Park
2680 & 2730 S Val Vista Drive
Gilbert, Arizona
July 26, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) -
GPE Commercial Advisors, an award-winning commercial real estate firm, secured the sale of a 4,913 square foot, multi-tenant office space in upscale, Spectrum Falls Professional Park on 2730 South Val Vista Drive in Gilbert. The property sold for $728,019 and is located near retail and hospital developments.
This sale is part of a sustaining trend in office property. According to Reis, a New York commercial real estate research firm in report to NREI.com: "Companies absorbed 5.5 million sq. ft. of office space nationwide in the first quarter this year, marking the second straight quarter of positive absorption since 2007."
The 3-unit building was 100% leased by three tenants: Labcorp, American Family Insurance and Edward Jones. The buyer purchased the property with no plans to occupy.
Senior Vice President, Bret Isbell, and Russell Fine, Associate, of GPE Commercial Advisors, represented Wells Fargo Bank (seller). Fran Marotta, of MarCor Commercial Real Estate Services, represented Spondeo Investors LLC (buyer).

Cor D'Amor
Highway 89A and Calle Del Sol
Sedona, Arizona
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July 21, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) -
GPE Commercial Advisors, the Valley’s leading third-party commercial real estate firm, recently represented Wells Fargo Bank, seller, in the sale of 38 acres of Sedona residential property to investment group Sedona 42, LLC for $2.4M.
The property is off Hwy 89A and Calle De Sol on over 38 acres of land set among expansive views of Sedona’s color-rich landscape. It is conveniently located ten minutes from downtown Sedona; near major medical centers, eateries, and the airport.
Senior Vice President, Bret Isbell, and Russell Fine, Associate, of GPE Commercial Advisors, represented Wells Fargo Bank (seller). Agent Bill Douglass, President, CEO, and Designated Broker of UpLand Group, represented Sedona 42, LLC (buyer).
July 13, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – In June 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors reported closing three purchase transactions for $1.1M (10,360 square feet), 24 lease transactions for $9M (95,278 square feet), and three dental practice sales for $1M. Combined, GPE represented 30 completed transactions for $11M totaling 105,638 square feet.
Top transactions for the month:
In commercial real estate sales
Bret Isbell and Russell Fine represented the seller in the sale of 5,442 square feet for $540,000 ($99.23/SF) at Spectrum Falls, 2680 South Val Vista Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona.
In commercial real estate leasing
Sarah Weddle and Dave Sampson represented the landlord in the lease of 10,660 square feet at Mountain Vista Business Center, 10153 East Hampton Avenue, Mesa, Arizona.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – GPE Companies, one of Arizona’s oldest privately owned commercial real estate companies, is pleased to announce the company will move its office to 2777 East Camelback Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The new location puts GPE in the heart of Camelback Corridor, recognized as Arizona’s business district for commercial real estate and financial services companies.
June 13, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – In May 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors reported closing five purchase transactions for $1.8M (28,185 square feet) and 19 lease transactions for $2.8M (42,892 square feet). Combined, GPE represented 24 completed transactions for $4.6M totaling 71,077 square feet.
Top transactions for the month:
In commercial real estate sales
Bret Isbell and Russell Fine represented the seller in the sale of 11,047 square feet for $530,000 at 7575 North 75th Avenue in Glendale, Arizona.
In commercial real estate leasing
Nicholas A. Pelusio represented the tenant in the lease of 7,710 square feet at 1661 East Camelback Road in Phoenix, Arizona.
A special Commercial Real Estate Section from inBusiness Magazine (June 2011) spotlights the industry and three of the “Players” who are working hard to empower our commercial real estate market. GPE Companies is profiled on page 46.
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ve you noticed these little black and white squares popping up all over everything? They are on TV, Jimmy Fallon is a fan. They are on signs and billboards, some over 3 stories high in Times Square. In magazines, on Facebook and yes, even in cemeteries! They have infiltrated our culture slowly but steadily and now seem to be everywhere. But what the heck are they?
Arizona companies that are hiring Featured
The signs are there: The economy is heating up a little.
Companies are hiring again. Small businesses are picking up talented newcomers, whether recent college graduates or seasoned workers laid off from other firms. Larger companies have enough vacancies to host their own job fairs to fill hundreds of positions. There's even this sign, spotted in the window of a Taco Bell in Tempe: "Now hiring for summer positions." Even that kind of sign was a rare sight in 2010 - and especially in 2009.
GPE Commercial Advisors, a leader in Arizona commercial real estate services, announced the company’s recognition by CoStar as one of Phoenix’s most successful leasing brokerage firms for 2010.
Annually, CoStar, a leading commercial real estate research provider, compiles transaction data for the previous year to determine which companies represented the highest volume in commercial real estate leases. Results are available on CoStar’s website.
Phoenix - GPE Commercial Advisors, a local leader in commercial real estate, has captured the #1 spot in the 2011 Issue of Ranking Arizona for the category of Brokerage Firms with fewer than 25 brokers. This marks the third year in a row that the Scottsdale-based brokerage secured a Top Ten ranking, and its first year ever topping the list.
May 19, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – In April 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors reported closing two purchase transactions for $425K (7,105 square feet), 17 lease transactions for $2M (37,299 square feet) and four dental practice sales for $1.4M. Combined, GPE represented 23 completed transactions for $3.8M totaling 44,400 square feet.
Top transactions for the month:
In commercial real estate sales
Bret Isbell and Russell Fine represented the seller in the sale of 4,000 square feet at Higley-McKellips Business Center in Mesa, Arizona.
In commercial real estate leasing
Nicholas A. Pelusio, Kathleen M. Morgan, CCIM, and Trisha A. Talbot, CCIM, represented the landlord in the lease of 5,562 square feet at Las Palmas Medical and Dental Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
December 2, 2010 (Scottsdale, Arizona) GPE Companies, a local leader in commercial real estate and property management services, has been named one of the Valley’s Best Places to Work for the year 2010 by the Phoenix Business Journal. The company’s two divisions, GPE Commercial Advisors and GPE Management Services, share the honor of making the list of top 30 companies in the Micro Company category of 49 or less employees.
August 26, 2010 (
GPE brokers Dominic M. Perry, CCIM, and Julie A. Johnson, CCIM, will spearhead the search to accommodate Clifton Gunderson’s growth and their objective to provide outstanding service to their clients and a healthy, efficient place for their employees to work.
In a May 3, 2010 announcement by the CoStar Group®, GPE Commercial Advisors is ranked as one of the Top Leasing Firms in Phoenix, Arizona for 2009.
CoStar Group, the largest professional research organization serving the commercial real estate industry, awards rankings based on transaction data collected in each city.
GPE is honored to be recognized as a leader in the Phoenix market. Since 1973, GPE's entrepreneurial vision focuses on how to serve clients and their goals – a business model that keeps GPE one of Arizona's oldest, privately owned commercial real estate groups available today.

In these tough economic times charitable organizations and those that they benefit often suffer the most. GPE Companies endeavors to help local charities and worthwhile causes as a way to say thank you for the comforts that we enjoy. GPE is especially proud of one of our own; President, David Genovese is currently in training to participate in the third annual Ride for Semper Fi.
The third annual Ride for Semper Fi, which begins Oct. 13th, starting in Phoenix, is a 430-mile, three-day cycling adventure to raise money for injured Marines. The goal is to raise $177,500 for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund by the time the cyclists end the ride at Sea World in San Diego on Oct. 16. 50 cyclists, including some injured Marines who have been helped by the fund, devote nearly five months to train with training rides of up to 100 miles to get ready for this event.
Phoenix, AZ – September 14, 2010 – GPE Companies and BCA (Business Clubs America) of Phoenix will host an extraordinary lunch event featuring international billiards champion, Ewa Mataya Laurance on September 28, 2010, at Talking Stick Resort starting at 10:30 AM. Ms. Laurance is one of the most visible superstars in the history of pocket billiards. Known as The Striking Viking, she took the billiard world by storm since she moved to the US from her native Sweden. The Master of Ceremonies for the event is FOX 10 Sports Anchor, Jude LaCava.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — September 20, 2010 — Julie A. Johnson, CCIM, executive vice president with GPE Commercial Advisors, was quoted in the September/October issue of Commercial Investment Real Estate, the magazine of the CCIM Institute. Please read her comments in “Running on Empty” which is available in the PDF file accompanying this release (click to read more below). To read the entire issue, visit http://cire.epubxpress.com.
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