Tucson Real Estate: Reusable moving box shop coming to town

Hoping to discourage movers’ relationships with cardboard, a new Tucson business is set to open this month.

BungoBox Arizona delivers and picks up plastic reusable boxes for packing and moving to both residential and commercial customers.

Owner Heather Rosson said she was looking for a business opportunity when she read about BungoBox, which was founded in Florida.

The dealership agreement is similar to a franchise but more flexible in letting the owners tailor the business to the local market.

Rosson recently leased 1,400 square feet of space at 3893 N. Oracle Road from Tesoro Enterprises LLC. Gary Emerson, with GRE Partners, handled the lease.

The mostly warehouse space will be used to store the boxes and sanitize them after use, she said.

For now, Rosson will be a one-person business, but hopes to hire a driver and box cleaner within a couple of months.

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Her dealership agreements give her the rights to all of Arizona, and she plans to open a Phoenix location by the end of the year.

The boxes come in various sizes, including some on wheels, and can be rented by the week. Costs range from $56 a week for boxes and labels to pack a space up to 500 square feet to $168.50 for enough boxes to pack a space of up to 2,000 square feet.

“I like the sustainable aspect of them,” Rosson said. “I wanted to bring a little serenity to people who are moving and help save the planet in the meantime.”

BungoBox Arizona is to have its grand opening March 27. Visit bungoboxaz.com for more information.

Other recent commercial transactions include:

• Ambassador apartments, a 23-unit complex at 1315 E. Drachman St., and Tropicana, a 14-unit complex at 3815-3817 E. Third St., were bought by BRAD Management for $2.5 million. The investor plans to transform the properties into high-end student living units. James Crawley and Hamid Panahi, with Marcus & Millichap’s Tucson office, represented both parties.
• Sycamore Cove Apartments, a 67-unit complex at 2458 N. Sycamore Blvd., was bought by California investors for $2.4 million. Alon Shnitzer, with ABI Multifamily, represented the seller, Alpha Wave Investors, and colleague Jon Ibrahim represented the buyer.
• Heights Properties LLP bought 16,095 square feet of land at the northeast corner of Speedway and Silverbell Road for $200,000. The company plans to build a Brake Masters in the Albertsons-anchored plaza. Debbie Heslop, with Volk Co., represented the seller, LDR-Silverbell LLC.
• Fitness at Irvington LLC leased 25,000 square feet at The Landing, a shopping center on the northwest corner of Irvington Road and Interstate 19. Ben Craney, with NAI Horizon, represented the tenant, and Brigham Stevens, of Bourn Cos., represented the landlord.
• AutoZone leased 6,816 square feet at Sorrento Square, on the southwest corner of Golf Links and Houghton roads,
• from Larsen Baker. Andy Seleznov and Melissa Lal, with Larsen Baker, represented the landlord, and Philip Bramsen, with Embree Commercial Real Estate Advisors, represented the tenant.
• Zounds, a hearing aid shop, leased 1,302 square feet in Crossroads Festival, on the northeast corner of
• Grant and Swan roads from Larsen Baker. Andy Seleznov and Melissa Lal, with Larsen Baker, represented the landlord, and Tom Knudsen, of TK Properties, represented the tenant.