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Commercial Real Estate Tempe AZ
Tempe is Arizona State University, Sky Harbor, the light rail spine, and one of Phoenix metro's densest commercial submarkets. Retail on Mill Avenue, office along the rail, industrial off South Tempe.
By David Pierce, MHG Commercial> Why Tempe
Density and demand stacked into one Phoenix-metro submarket.
Tempe's commercial market runs on three engines.
Arizona State University drives roughly 75,000 students plus faculty, staff, and adjacent service economy.
Sky Harbor International Airport sits five miles from downtown.
The light rail anchors a transit-oriented development corridor that absorbs office, retail, and multifamily simultaneously.
> Sector by sector
How the submarket prices and absorbs.
Mill Avenue and the Tempe Marketplace area carry the highest retail rent in Phoenix metro outside Old Town Scottsdale. Inline product and pad sites on Mill rarely vacate. Restaurant and bar concepts compete hard for limited footprint.
Tempe office runs the spread from older Class B inventory near downtown through institutional Class A along the lake and the rail corridor. Tech, financial services, and ASU-adjacent professional services anchor demand.
South Tempe industrial along Broadway, University Drive east of I-10, and the airport-adjacent corridor stays tight. Last-mile fulfillment, automotive, and small-batch manufacturing concentrate here.
Most quality Tempe commercial product trades off-market or moves before it hits portals, which makes the broker's relationship-side knowledge more valuable than listing-platform access.
> What we do here
Our Tempe commercial real estate work.
Pierce CRE works commercial real estate tempe az across the full spectrum. The submarket prices ahead of most of Phoenix metro because of density, demand, and the lack of new ground-up product near the urban core. That changes how the broker job runs. Most quality Tempe commercial product trades off-market or moves before it hits portals, which makes the broker's relationship-side knowledge more valuable than listing-platform access.
Retail space for lease tempe inquiries focus on Mill Avenue, Apache Boulevard, Baseline Road, the Marketplace area, and the rail corridor. Each prices and tenants differently. Mill Avenue carries restaurant and bar concentration with night-economy rent. Apache and Baseline carry service retail at Phoenix-metro median rates. The Marketplace area carries lifestyle retail at premium rates with active competition for end-cap and pad sites.
Office space for lease tempe activity splits between the legacy Class B downtown inventory, the institutional Class A lake-and-rail corridor, and the smaller-footprint product near ASU. Tenant repping in Tempe office requires modeling the post-2020 effective-rate gap, which is meaningful in Class B and tighter in Class A.
Industrial in South Tempe and along the airport-adjacent corridor leases fast. Last-mile fulfillment demand pushed vacancy down and rents up through 2024 and into 2025.
> Where we work in Tempe
The corridors driving every Tempe assignment.
Submarkets we work
- 01Mill AvenueHighest retail rent outside Old Town Scottsdale.
- 02Tempe MarketplaceLifestyle retail, end-cap and pad competition.
- 03Town Lake / RailInstitutional Class A office corridor.
- 04ASUSmaller-footprint office and adjacent service retail.
- 05Apache BlvdService retail at Phoenix-metro median rates.
- 06Baseline RdService retail and small-bay industrial.
- 07South Tempe / BroadwayLast-mile, automotive, small-batch manufacturing.
> Every property type. One desk.
Nine service categories. Phoenix metro priority. Statewide reach.
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