A local chocolatier is opening along the Sunshine Mile in central Tucson.
Tucson Chocolate Factory makes bonbons, truffles and chocolate bars that incorporate classic Tucson flavors like prickly pear.
Armando Bezies leased 1,800 square feet at 2926 E. Broadway, near South Country Club Road, to open , which he started operating out of his kitchen in 2022.
Joey Castillo and Jeramy Price, with Volk Co., represented the landlord, Palms Park LLC.
Bezies sells his chocolate bars, bonbons and truffles in resorts, hotels and farmers markets. His first store, inside Proper Shops at 300 E. Congress St., will remain open.
Armanado Bezies is the creator of Tucson Chocolate Factory, which will open a shop on Broadway later this year.
He makes his chocolate from scratch and fills them with caramel or ganache with local flavors such as mesquite honey, prickly pear, agave or saguaro fruit. The treats are then painted by hand.
Bezies said he is eager to open the new shop in December, before the holidays.
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- TMC Healthcare leased 77,971 square feet at El Dorado Health Campus, 1400 N. Wilmot Road, from HSRE — MPCCA Tucson MOB LLC. Richard M. Kleiner and Alexis Corona, with Picor, represented the tenant.
- , an addiction recovery center, leased 12,609 square feet at 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. from Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. Richard M. Kleiner and Alexis Corona, with Picor, represented the landlord. Hank Amos, with Tucson Realty & Trust Co., represented the tenant.
- Omnia Jiu Jitsu leased a 4,380-square-foot building at 13549 N. Sanders Road. The is based in Marana, and the new location is expected to open next year. Craig Finfrock, of Commercial Retail Advisors, represented the landlord, REB Ventures LLC, and Michael Coretz, with Commercial Real Estate Group of Tucson, represented the tenant.
- CBRE’s Buzz Isaacson, Blake Hastings, Tad Jellison and John Lorence represented LLC in a 3,382-square-foot lease at 1820 E. River Road. Kyle Kilgore, with NAI Horizons, represented the landlord, West Coast Capital Partners LLC.
- Manufacturer of cable assembly and electronic equipment, , leased 2,400 square feet at 4595 S. Palo Verde Road from Pegasus Tucson Owner LLC. Paul Hooker and Andrew Keim, with Picor, represented the landlord.
- Yum Yum Po-Cha LLC leased 2,180 square feet at 3225 N. Swan to open later this year. CBRE’s Nancy McClure represented the tenant, and Dave Dutson, of NAI Horizon, represented the landlord, Camp Lowell 1 LLC.
Information for Tucson Real Estate is compiled from records at the Pima County Recorder’s Office and from brokers. Send information to Gabriela Rico, grico@tucson.com
Gabriela Rico
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