What profession is most unique to Arizona?

Is there a job field that is unique to Arizona? According to a r ecent study by the Pew Charitable Trust it might be stucco masonry.

The study found that there are 4.4 times more plasterers and stucco masons in the state than expected based off the national average. The study used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see what the national average of each job was, and then looked at what jobs were above the average in individual states.

There are 1,680 plasterers and stucco masons employed…

Four real estate deals involving Brandenburg, Lennar, Admiral and Sand Hill

The first quarter has seen quite a few notable sales transactions, including a few that crossed my desk last week. Here’s a quick roundup.

Brandenburg buys Campbell Staples Now, San Jose’s Brandenburg Properties can say: “Staples. Yeah, we’ve got that.”

The longtime area real estate investor last week acquired property that’s home to a Staples store at 500 E. Hamilton. The price for the 20,000-square-foot building (on 1.8 acres) was $6.125 million, or about $306 per square foot, according…

Baker Hughes to shutter Texas office, terminate employees

Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) is permanently shutting down its Bryan, Texas, office, located just outside College Station, according to KHOU Channel 11.

Fifty-four employees at the office are expected to be terminated.

In a statement to the city of Bryan, Baker Hughes said it “must reduce its cost structure company wide in order to remain competitive in this challenging business environment.” Employees may be eligible for redeployment.

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Houston energy MLP to divest shale assets in multimillion-dollar deal

Houston-based EV Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: EVEP) announced that it will divest its entire interest in an Ohio-based midstream energy company with operations in the Utica shale plays.

EV Energy is expected to divest its 21 percent stake in Utica East Ohio Midstream LLC for $575 million cash. Utica Gas Services LLC, a subsidiary of Oklahoma-based Williams Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ), which already has a 49 percent interest in Utica East Ohio Midstream, is the purchaser.

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SoftBank seeks taker for San Carlos buildings, and it's not the only big sublease on the Peninsula

If you’re a tenant with large space requirements on the Peninsula, your options have just opened up, big time.

SoftBank Corp. has formally put all of its San Carlos offices at 1 and 2 Circle Star Way on the market for sublease, real estate insiders tell me, following a U-turn in strategy after Softbank-owned Sprint’s bid to acquire T-Mobile fell apart last year.

The 200,000 square feet of space between the two buildings joins another large Peninsula sublease opening: DreamWorks’ 193,000-square-foot…