A former movie theater redeveloped as self-storage has been sold to a Dallas investment group.
Rosewood Property Company. It purchased an additional 66,429 square feet of additional space storage facility at 770 Kolb Road for $13.5 million, according to Pima County Registrar’s Office records.
It used to be the Gateway Century 12 cinema.
Rosewood owns 78 self-storage facilities nationwide and this is the company’s first purchase in Arizona.
Tucson real estate has 661 units of various sizes and types.
“We made our first self-storage purchase in 2012 and believe the emerging sector is a perfect fit for our long-hold strategy and, 11 years later, we continue to see tremendous value in this asset class,” said the firm’s president. said Rick Perdue of Rosewood Property Co. “This Tucson property will be a great addition to our growth in the Southwest region.”
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Photo: Looking back at the last drive-in movie theater in Tucson
De Anza Drive-In Cinema
Deanza Drive-in and Alvernon in 22nd. June 10, 1977.
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De Anza Drive-In Cinema

De Anza moviegoers heading to a snack bar on June 10, 1977. Photography: Jim Davis.
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Aerial, Tucson, 1968
And in a December 1968 aerial view of Tucson, the De Anza Drive-In Theater on Alvernon Way south of 22nd Street rises out of the desert. On the left, just beyond Alvernon, is Magic his carpet his slide. In the background, the Bermuda grass at Reed Park’s Randolph Golf Course goes dormant for the winter.
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In 2000, at the Deanza Drive-In on Alvernon and 22nd Street, Nadine Tikanen and her two children sit in a truck enjoying snack bar snacks while watching a movie on the screen.
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Deanza Drive-in

Marcus Van Winden sits in the backseat of his car watching “What Happens in Vegas” with Nicole Blazer during a screening at the Deanza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona, May 13, 2008. left).
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Deanza Drive-in

“Harold and Kumar’s Escape from Guantanamo Bay” is shown on reels in the projection room on May 13, 2008 at the D’Anza Drive-In Cinema in Tucson, Arizona.
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Steve Christensen handles the box office as cars arrive at the D’Anza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona, May 13, 2008.
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De Anza Drive-In movie buff Kate Gardiner watches the explosion across the screen from the safety of her car. 99/12/2
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Movie-goers’ feet sway in front of one of De Anza Drive-In’s three screens. 99/12/2
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Front of the Deanza Drive-In Theater, behind the main screen. 99/12/2
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With a movie still playing in the background, the taillights of cars are making their way toward the exit of the Deanza Drive-In Theater. 99/12/2
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1999 Ewart Edwards, manager of the Deanza Drive-In Theater. De Anza was expected to close within months, but the financing for the deal fell through. Ewart would have ended his 50-year career in the film industry. Photo taken on January 27, 1999.
Chris Richards / Arizona Daily Star
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Ewart Edwards, who died of cancer in 2006, worked at Tucson’s old Lyric and Fox theaters and several drive-ins for nearly 50 years.
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On Thursday, July 20, 2006, as the last lights of the day fade, previews begin on one of four screens at the Dianza Drive-In Theater, the final drive-in in Tucson, Arizona.
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De Anza Drive-In Cinema

Two children watch the animated movie “Sometimes Cloudy Meatballs” from the roof of their car on Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the closing night of the D’Anza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona.
Chris Codout/For the Arizona Daily Star
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Sharon Brown, left, and her son, 10-year-old William Brown, eat popcorn in the backseat of their car during the closing night of the Deanza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona, on October 3, 2009. Have been to the Drive In “many times” over the years.
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A long line of cars waits for the ticket booth to open on Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the closing night of the Deanza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona.
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Cole Becker, 11, and his friend Walter Scalola, 10, relax in the car’s premier movie viewing spot on the closing night of the Deanza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona, October 3, 2009. age). .
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A long line of cars creeps toward the ticket office on October 3, 2009, at the closing night of the D’Anza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona.
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Many cars watch the main screen on October 3, 2009 at the closing night of the D’Anza Drive-In Theater in Tucson, Arizona. The main screen was showing the animated film “Kumori Toki Meatballs”. The theater is located near the corner of Alvernon Way and his 22nd Streets and was Arizona’s oldest drive-in theater.
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A movie poster for the new movie “Zombieland” hangs on the wall of the snack bar where patrons line up before the movie starts at the Deanza Drive-In in Tucson, Arizona, Thursday, October 1, 2009. .
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Snack bar employee Armando Nava prepares a few easys at the De Anza Drive-In as customers stream in before the start of various movies on Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona. .
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Vehicles stop at the De Anza Drive-In box office to see the animated movie Cloudy Sometimes Meatballs on Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona.
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Moviegoers line up in front of De Anza’s ticket office on Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona, as Garrick Orduño is seen in silhouette as he tries to greet them at the doorway.
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De Anza Drive-In Cinema

On Thursday, October 1, 2009, in Tucson, Arizona, movie goers will take advantage of the De Anza Drive-In’s fantastic parking lot to see the animated movie “Sometimes Cloudy Meatballs.”
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Tucson, Arizona, April 7, 2010. A City Demo worker removes a panel from the last remaining screen at the former Deanza Drive-In, which closed in October 2009. Canyon Building & Design supervisor Les Martin said the company responsible for dismantling the drive-in said work to salvage the last and largest screen would begin on Tuesday, with workers expected to complete the work by Friday. said it was possible. Charles Spiller found the location of several giant sculptures at the Magic Carpet Miniature Golf Course and his two screens at the now closed De Anza Drive-In (1401 S. Alvernon Way). I wanted to use it to open a new theater. It’s called Cactus Drive-In, in honor of De Anza’s previous name. “Evergreen paid for the demolition, so only one screen was saved, and it was a giant cinemascope in front of the drive-in,” Spiller said.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
Demolition of the former Century Park 16 theater on Grant Road began near Interstate 10 on February 20. The Pasqua Yaki tribe plans to build a new casino on the site. Members of the Tribal Council and the mayor of Tucson spoke just before construction workers began tearing down the wall.
Video by Pascal Albright/Arizona Daily Star
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Information for Tucson real estate was collected from Pima County Registrar’s Office records and brokers. Please send your information to Gabriela Rico (grico@tucson.com).
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