Champion Partners

Construction Begins on a New QuickTrip at Marley Park

Adam Lyons — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:17:55 +0000

December 07, 2011 13:51 ET

A Four and a Half Year Old Commercial Real Estate Deal Between Champion Partners and QuickTrip Corp Brings Convenience to the Corner of Litchfield Rd and Waddell Rd in Surprise

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Villari’s Family Centers In Arizona

Adam Lyons — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:55:54 +0000

The largest of the new developments (8,616 square feet) will be located in Gilbert, at Higley Park Commons on the Northeast corner of Higley Rd and Ray Rd, just south of the San Tan 202 Loop and directly across from ...(continued)...Related posts:

Lower Rents, Landlord Concessions and Tenant Improvements Triggering Expansions

Adam Lyons — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:49:17 +0000

Fifty-nine percent of U.S. retailers plan to open more stores due to the attractive rental rates available in the current market environment, according to a survey of 100 chains by real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis.

“Our survey shows a ...(continued)...Related posts:

Groundbreaking of Five-Megawatt Multi-Technology Solar Installation at Arizona Western College

Adam Lyons — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:49:47 +0000

On May 24, Arizona Western College (AWC), Main Street Power Company Inc., a solar financier, developer PPA Partners, local utility Arizona Public Service (APS), and EPC Rosendin Electric will break ground on a five-megawatt solar project slated for completion in Late Summer of 2011. The groundbreaking of this innovative solar project celebrates the culmination of years of preparation and development by the college and PPA Partners. The system will be owned and operated by Main Street Power, in partnership with financing partner MS Solar Solutions, a fully owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley....(continued)...Related posts:

Top Private School in Gilbert is a Champion Tenant

Adam Lyons — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:23:15 +0000

San Tan Learning Center Montessori Preschool and San Tan School for the Gifted where both recognized recently in Go Gilbert! Magazine’s April 2011 issue as a Top Private School.

San Tan Learning Center, a tenant at Higley Park Commons, consists of ...(continued)...Related posts:

Protected: Periodic Report March 2011

Adam Lyons — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:34:45 +0000

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Director of Real Estate Finance Targets the Arizona Commercial Real Estate Industry

Adam Lyons — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:37:39 +0000

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan 26, 2011 /Champion Partners/ — Champion Partners, based in Scottsdale, gains another specialist in 2011. Jim Cooper, now the Director of Real Estate Finance at Champion, brings over 15 years of commercial financing strategies in anticipation of ...(continued)...Related posts:

SAN TAN LEARNING CENTER’S SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO CHANGE KINDERGARTEN CLASS SIZE FROM 25 TO 22 STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.

Adam Lyons — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:26:06 +0000

Tuesday evening, January 24th at San Tan Learning Center’s monthly school board meeting the board voted unanimously to decrease the student capacity in kindergarten from 25 to 22 students per class in the 2011-2012 school year. ...(continued)...Related posts:

Retail vacancies drop a tenth of a percent in Phoenix

Adam Lyons — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:28:22 +0000

The first tiny drop in retail vacancies has been reported finally, 42 months later. From 12.3 percent last quarter to 12.2 percent at the end of the 2010 year. As a year end comparison however, the Phoenix retail vacancy ...(continued)...Related posts:

Cap Rate Trends for 2011

Adam Lyons — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:40:04 +0000

Analysis from the PwC Real Estate Investor Survey indicate a downward trend for core assets, especially apartments. The cap rate trend for 2011 is expected to continue illustrating the relationship between interest rates and investor rate of return expectations. Cap rates, overall, have been moving in step with interest rates which are remaining low, as well as an investor's property assessment and value expectation. ...(continued)...Related posts:

Champion hires new director of business development for 2011

Adam Lyons — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:57:04 +0000

A new strategic hire at Champion sets the stage for commercial real estate success in 2011

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, January 14, 2011 – Champion’s new director of business development and designated broker is Devida P. Lewis. “Devida has consistently exceeded leasing expectations ...(continued)...Related posts:

Virtual Offices in Phoenix give small business owners big impressions

Adam Lyons — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:15:02 +0000

PHOENIX, AZ, December 23, 2010 – Virtual office packages are a thing of the future, as more small business owners retreat into their homes due to economic concerns and financial distress. Many small businesses need the impression of a professional ...(continued)...Related posts:

Tommy Spaulding – Part 4

Adam Lyons — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:44:01 +0000

Relationships are important – but one mindset is critical:

We should do everything within our power to help others find a solution.

Related posts:Tommy Spaulding – Part 2 Tommy Spaulding – Part 3 Tommy Spaulding – Net Giving

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Tommy Spaulding – Part 3

Ricky Lyons — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:41:34 +0000

I am back with more thoughts on “It’s Not Your Just Who You Know” by Tommy Spaulding.

This book captured my attention because it is one of the few books that provide good background and great stories as to how to ...(continued)...Related posts:

Tommy Spaulding – Part 2

Ricky Lyons — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:38:35 +0000

In follow up to my first blog about Tommy Spaulding’s book, “It’s Not Just Who You Know: Transform Your Life (and your organization) By Turning Colleagues and Contacts Into Lasting, Genuine Relationships”, Spaulding says that we all should relate to ...(continued)...Related posts:

Give technology a chance

Ricky Lyons — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:33:01 +0000

Kevin Kell recently wrote a book published by Viking Penguin “What Technology Wants“. It is a fascinating overview of technology over the centuries. In the end, he concludes that it is not about what technology wants but ...(continued)...Related posts:

On-Campus MOB’s more attractive to Lenders

Ricky Lyons — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:19:10 +0000

I read this morning in Globe St that lenders have recently decided that they will look to finance medical office buildings that have hospital sponsorship as opposed to off-campus medical buildings. They believe that on-campus medical buildings will have the ...(continued)...Related posts:

Tommy Spaulding – Net Giving

Ricky Lyons — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:21:45 +0000

I am in the midst of reading a great new text by Tommy Spalding called “It’s Not Just Who You Know: Transform Your Life (and your organization) By Turning Colleagues and Contacts into Lasting, Genuine Relationships“.

Mr. Spalding’s new book is ...(continued)...Related posts:

The Talent Code – Book Review

Ricky Lyons — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:59:34 +0000

I just finished a new book that I strongly recommend. In his book, The Talent Code (published by Random House), Daniel Coyle takes us through the development of talent. I found it similar to that which is in the ...(continued)...Related posts:

Optimism Abounds

Ricky Lyons — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:22:16 +0000

Julian Simon, an American professor of business administration once said that "there is only one natural resource on the planet: human ingenuity. It is only human ingenuity that makes everything else valuable"....(continued)...Related posts:

Reasons to be optimistic about our surrounding

Ricky Lyons — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:20:54 +0000

I’ve recently finished reading Matt Ridley’s book, The Rational Optimists (published by HarperCollins, 2010.) More than ever, we hear about pessimism at every level. In his book, Ridley gives us a reason to be optimistic about our surrounding....(continued)...Related posts:

School Development

Adam Lyons — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:31:49 +0000

We are the Education Developer for Arizona Commercial Real Estate

Champion builds schools. Specifically, Champion understands that an outstanding education often transpires in a non-traditional setting. As a result, Champion is actively engaged in helping the owners of schools plan, entitle, ...(continued)...Related posts:

Charter School Development

Adam Lyons — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:18:30 +0000

Kris and Rita were young entrepreneurs operating their new charter school out of a local church. The conditions at the church were far from ideal for the staff and 80 + students. The school was using the classrooms during the week, and the church needed them for the weekend. As a result, every Friday at 5pm, the school staff and parents would remove all school ......(continued)...Related posts:

Preschool Development

Adam Lyons — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:05:30 +0000

Carebear Preschool, Marketplace at Fulton Ranch

(NWC Chandler Heights and Arizona Avenue, Chandler)

When Champion met Carrie, she was an experienced preschool operator looking for a new home for her existing preschool. Although she excelled in the preschool arena she needed help ...(continued)...Related posts:

Montessori School Development

Adam Lyons — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:50:10 +0000

Back in February 2007, Champion learned of Kim Anderson’s vision to open a Montessori school. The purchase/sale agreement between Champion and Kim was contingent upon the municipality granting a special use permit since the zoning at that time prohibited schools....(continued)...Related posts:

Need more space for your Charter School in 2011 or 2012?

shandley — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:18:50 +0000

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The Missing Structure

Adam Lyons — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:46:36 +0000

Watch "The Missing Structure" video Champion produced about how and why our tenants are getting to the top of their industry. ...(continued)...Related posts:

Interview with GCON

For Sale or On Sale?

Ricky Lyons — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:50:29 +0000

Everyday we receive phone calls asking if we have anything for sale. They expect the answer – “of course, everything is for sale!”

That is not necessarily true.

At Champion, our plan is to hold our assets long term. ...(continued)...Related posts:

Lenders love cash flow

Ricky Lyons — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:30:10 +0000

In today’s real estate world we are in juxtaposition for loans and equity between cash flow and replacement costs.

Lenders love cash flow and investors love replacement costs.

These two concepts can work well together. When looking for value-added projects, Champion ...(continued)...Related posts:

Wall meetings – a look at Champion Rhythms

Ricky Lyons — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:27:13 +0000

For the 10 years since Champion has been in business, we employed Wall meetings. But we use a special wall.

The purpose of the Wall is to put everything important about Champion out publicly and have it updated regularly. ...(continued)...Related posts:

It is hard telling your friends that it is time to change.

Ricky Lyons — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:26:41 +0000

In a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek, the activities of the Gates Foundation were chronicled. At the end of the article Bill Gates is quoted as saying “sometimes the most difficult act of leadership is not fighting the enemy; ...(continued)...Related posts:

Arizona Land Use Plans

Adam Lyons — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:15:39 +0000

General Land Use Plans for Arizona

A general plan is the policy of acceptable land uses in each jurisdiction.[1] Each city and county adopts and updates their General Plan to guide the growth and land development of their community, for both ...(continued)...Related posts:

Secondary Responsibility

Ricky Lyons — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:21:23 +0000

Two or three years ago we were having a discussion with a contractor who was in the midst of building one of our projects. Neither schedules nor budgets were being met. The budget was the contractor’s problem, but the schedule ...(continued)...Related posts:

Responsibility is the key

Ricky Lyons — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:19:12 +0000

Champion operates under a model that is an integral part of our Culture. The model was first designed one afternoon at a Strategic Coach™ seminar, when a workshop mate of mine stopped the conversation and said, “Ricky, I think I ...(continued)...Related posts:

Prosperity and its connection to Time

Ricky Lyons — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:55:07 +0000

The metric of prosperity is time. This has been the case since commerce started.

It is evidenced by the massive prosperity we have achieved by the exponential increase in computing power always at a lower cost. Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, ...(continued)...Related posts:

Pick up the phone and call me please!

Ricky Lyons — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:12:52 +0000

I did an email exercise recently. I took three normal days worth of email and looked at them to see how many had some level of thoroughness. How many were just a long chain of short answers to questions that ...(continued)...Related posts:

Massage Envy’s $600 million in annual revenue and 20,000 employees

Adam Lyons — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:05:55 +0000

Source: AzCentral

When he sold the clubs and was looking at another business venture, he hit on the idea of offering inexpensive massage services in an upscale setting on a membership basis, similar to a health club.

Leonesio set up his first ...(continued)...Related posts:

The strategy is a checklist

Ricky Lyons — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:54:12 +0000

We are in the real estate development business where checklists are critical to our contractors, to our lenders, and in several processes we organize on a daily basis. Prior to reading Gawandi’s book The Checklist Manifesto – How to Get ...(continued)...Related posts:

Massive regulation overhaul going to President Barack Obama

Adam Lyons — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:46:13 +0000

The vote to end debate was 60-38, the minimum needed to overcome a filibuster. But that ensured that the bill has the votes for final passage, which could come later Thursday.

At a thud-inducing 2,300 pages, the legislation is designed to ...(continued)...Related posts:

U.S. Green Building Council issues LEED Gold certification to Mountain Ranch Marketplace

Adam Lyons — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:12:00 +0000

The Mayor of Goodyear, Jim Cavanaugh expresses his pride of the accomplishment and combined efforts of Kitchell and Newland Communities as he states, “As the first LEED Gold certified project in Goodyear, Mountain Ranch Marketplace has established a new standard ...(continued)...Related posts:

Humility – Modesty

Ricky Lyons — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:30:49 +0000

Is there a difference between humility and modesty? I think there is. There are many definitions of humility. From a business perspective many tend to use Jim Collins’ definition as described in his book Good To Great (www.JimCollins.com) which is ...(continued)...Related posts:

FDIC given unlimited investigative authority on banks

Adam Lyons — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:05:56 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal bank regulators have agreed to give the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. unlimited authority to investigate banks, clarifying the agency’s power that was in question during the financial crisis.

The FDIC’s board on Monday ...(continued)...Related posts:

Pursuing Excellence Cheat Sheet

Ricky Lyons — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:24:30 +0000

I read a lot. I recently finished a book by Tom Peters “The Little BIG Things, 163 Ways To Pursue Excellence”. (www.tompeters.com)

I particularly liked Little BIG Thing #160 titled ‘A Cheat Sheet for Tough Times (and Other Times, Too)’. The ...(continued)...Related posts:

CiCi’s Pizza looking for Commercial Real Estate for 25 to 30 new restaurants in Arizona

Adam Lyons — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:28:03 +0000

PHOENIX-CiCi’s Pizza has launched an aggressive franchise expansion in Arizona and plans to open 25 to 30 new restaurants in metropolitan Phoenix and the Tucson area this year.

The restaurant chain has hired CB Richard Ellis to serve as ...(continued)...Related posts:

Naked Service

Ricky Lyons — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:20:52 +0000

This blog was written after I finished reading Patrick Lencioni’s book Getting Naked. (www.tablegroup.com)

Patrick Lencioni says that when we can demonstrate our vulnerability to people we live and work with, we build stronger relationships, affirm our trust in them, and ...(continued)...Related posts:

Never Quit

Ricky Lyons — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:18:54 +0000

Recently, I was sitting at Starbucks with a long-time friend who asked me how we are doing. He wanted to know how we are succeeding.

My answer to that – “we never, never, never quit”.

I attribute that largely to a quote ...(continued)...Related posts:

Arizona Project Map

Champion — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:03:44 +0000

Download a printable higher resolution Champion commercial real estate project map here.

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Sound of the Guns

Ricky Lyons — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:08:01 +0000

Think of all the different places one can learn.

Newt's Starbucks Cup Quote

But have you ever thought of Starbucks as a place of learning? For me, the answer is Yes! Especially if you ever read the back of a Starbucks ...(continued)...Related posts:

Retailers’ Sales Rise Most in 4 Years, Overcoming Job Concerns

Adam Lyons — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:26:27 +0000

Retailers may have bucked last month’s drop in consumer confidence that threatens to temper the rebound. The year-to- date growth in sales shows that spending, a key driver of the U.S. economy, is faring better than many investors are betting, ...(continued)...Related posts:

Champion Partners Joins Forces with Commercial Properties, Inc.

Adam Lyons — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:04:55 +0000

Champion is pleased to announce we have joined forces with Commercial Properties, Inc. We congratulate them on their unique processes and strong work ethic to get the job done.

Champion and the team at CPI have a mutual goal – to ...(continued)...Related posts: