Industrial Site on Former Big Surf Wave Park Gets Approval

Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on October 2, 2023

The final subdivision plat for a rare Tempe industrial park has received city council approval.

Tempe City Council voted in favor of Overton Moore Properties’ new three-building, 690,000-square-foot spec industrial park at 1480 N. McClintock Drive — the site of the former Big Surf Wave Park and the Inland Oceans Ice Arena. The park had been closed before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic before closing for good in 2022.

The surf park has been demolished, clearing the way for California-based OMP to build its industrial park. With all approvals secured, John Werstler, a listing broker for the park, expects construction to start by the end of the year. Werstler, a senior vice president with CBRE Group Inc., is marketing the property with colleagues Cooper Fratt and Tanner Ferrandi.