Stephen D. Cohen, a principal of Picor Commercial Real EstateServices in Tucson, says the buyer most likely will develop lotsfor resale to end users. The acreage fronts Old Vail Road near RitaRoad. Picor principal Russell W. Hall and Cohen, whose firm is aCushman & Wakefield alliance member, brokered the deal.

Cohen says he is marketing about 202 acres of the 250-acreSunbelt Industrial Center for two different owners. "This isadjacent to the University of Arizona Science and Technology Parkand the former Slim Fast plant, which is now owned by a Mexicanfood company, La Costena Foods," he says. With Interstate 10nearby, he says the land has good infrastructure in place.

Cohen admits the area's industrial land has been somewhat slowto sell. Sunbelt Industrial Center is part of a 3,300-acremaster-planned community, Rita Ranch, which was carved from 13,000acres originally owned by Howard Hughes.