Industrial Development
Buckeye and the West Valley
Phoenix's proximity to the Port of Long Beach and its expanding infrastructure are creating cost-arbitrage opportunities that continue to draw companies into the West Valley.
Commercial Real Estate Development
Institutional real estate, built for high-growth markets.
Crimson Canyon is an institutional real estate developer, operator, and investor, creating value across Arizona and the high-growth West by uncovering opportunities that are not available to others.
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Compelling Strategies
~500K SF
Under Development
~2M SF
In Pipeline and Growing
30+
Years of Experience
01 / Overview
Uncovering value across the Southwest.
Crimson Canyon manages a private equity fund that invests in and develops real estate assets in Arizona and other high-growth markets in the West. We create value by uncovering opportunities not available to others, understanding market trends, delivering on our commitments, and using our entrepreneurial spirit to bring premium assets to our investors.
We are currently focused on industrial, self-storage, data centers, residential communities, and land, having invested in Arizona real estate through prior ventures for more than a decade. Our geographic focus targets submarkets including Casa Grande, Scottsdale, Queen Creek, and Buckeye. Our in-house acquisitions team carefully vets each market opportunity, and we manage the entire lifecycle of every investment, from land acquisition and entitlement through construction, leasing, hands-on management, and disposition.
Submarkets: Casa Grande / Scottsdale / Queen Creek / Buckeye
02 / Strategies
Four strategies in high-demand asset classes.
Each strategy targets a structural supply-and-demand imbalance in a market where migration, infrastructure, and industry growth are reshaping the landscape.
Self-Storage Development
Marana and beyond
Sustained migration and population growth across Arizona have left residential storage undersupplied for people moving into and around the state.
Data Center Development
Chandler technology corridor
Technology companies moving into Chandler are driving rising demand for local data center capacity and the power and connectivity that support it.
Luxury Home Development
Scottsdale luxury market
New product remains undersupplied in the Scottsdale luxury market, creating room for well-located, design-led residential development.
03 / Projects
Built and delivered.
Selected projects across industrial and self-storage. Each was sourced, entitled, financed, constructed, and lease-managed in house by Crimson Canyon and its partners.
Crimson Canyon Durango
A Class A cross-dock distribution warehouse spanning roughly 326,000 square feet on 21 acres in Buckeye, less than a mile from the I-10 / Miller Road interchange and inside a Qualified Opportunity Zone. The facility was 100 percent pre-leased to a Fortune 20 tenant (Exxon Mobil) and delivered in October 2023 with concrete tilt panels and stylish steel accents. Permanent financing closed in 2024 through CBRE Capital Markets.
- Size
- 326,000 SF
- Site
- 21 acres
- Completed
- October 2023
- Tenant
- Exxon Mobil
Cortaro Farms Self-Storage
A 100,000 square foot climate-controlled self-storage facility within the Cortaro Ranch development at I-10 and Cortaro Farms Road, serving Marana, Tucson, Casas Adobes, Oro Valley, and the surrounding northwest Tucson submarkets. Developed by Crimson Canyon and operated under the Extra Space Storage brand with 24-hour access and indoor unit options.
- Size
- 100,000 SF
- Submarket
- Cortaro Ranch
- Operator
- Extra Space Storage
- Type
- Climate-controlled
North 99th Avenue Self-Storage
A 100,000 square foot self-storage development near West Northern Avenue and North 99th Avenue, serving Glendale and the West Valley. Indoor and climate-controlled units with elevator access, developed by Crimson Canyon and operated under the Extra Space Storage brand.
- Size
- 100,000 SF
- Submarket
- West Valley
- Operator
- Extra Space Storage
- Type
- Climate-controlled
04 / Approach
A discipline built on four values.
Through our knowledge, experience, expertise, creativity, and connections, we seek to provide investors with compelling opportunities in real estate. We continually educate and develop ourselves and our network of industry leaders to stay at the forefront of trends, financing, and process.
i. Vision
Vision
We read where people, capital, and industry are moving, and position ahead of the curve in the submarkets that will define the next cycle.
ii. Execution
Execution
We manage the full investment lifecycle in house, from land acquisition and entitlement through construction, leasing, management, and disposition.
iii. Integrity
Integrity
We deliver on our commitments. A highly seasoned leadership team underwrites every opportunity with the same standard it would demand of its own capital.
iv. Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
We use creativity and our network to uncover value-add opportunities that are simply not available to others, then bring premium assets to our investors.
05 / Team
Decades of shared investing experience.
Crimson Canyon partners with best-in-class experts for each phase of the investment process, including entitlements, acquisition, design, construction, leasing, and disposition.
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Dominic Alba
Founder and Managing Partner
- Seasoned executive with over 15 years managing accounting and finance organizations, including SEC reporting, asset valuation, liquidity and balance-sheet management, risk and compliance, corporate credit risk, and asset management
- Spent five years with Integrated Ag, a private equity fund focused on land development, leading the finance, accounting, and investment efforts
- Nearly a decade as assistant treasurer at UNS Energy Corporation, where he led efforts to acquire roughly $1B of infrastructure and renewable assets and raised approximately $2B of debt from public and private capital markets
- University of Arizona, B.S. in Finance; executive education from the Eller College of Management
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Mark Brenner
Founder and Managing Partner
- More than two decades working with state and federal government agencies, in direct communication with dozens of government officials
- Former Senior Vice President of Communications and Government Relations at Apollo Education Group
- Served as President of College Loan Corporation, running all external affairs and capital-market activity and raising more than $15B in asset-backed securities
- Former General Counsel to the Education Finance Council, based in Washington, DC
- Worked on Capitol Hill for the Senate Banking Committee as Assistant Special Counsel and for the House Education and the Workforce Committee in a senior oversight and policy role
- JD from Albany Law School
Advisors
David Sellers
President, LGE Design Build
Chris Dobson
Dobson Family Trust
06 / Press
Selected coverage and recognitions.
Trade and local press coverage of Crimson Canyon projects, financings, and entitlements across the Phoenix and Tucson metros.
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Crimson Canyon Eyes $200M Phoenix Industrial Park
Coverage of Buckeye City Council's rezoning approval for Rooks Technology Park, a five-building, 1.6 million-square-foot industrial development on 112 acres in an Opportunity Zone, with LGE Design Build as general contractor and architect.
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EJF Capital and Crimson Canyon Refinance Buckeye Warehouse Outside Phoenix, AZ
Joint announcement of the permanent financing close for the 326,000 SF Class A distribution warehouse, 100 percent leased to a Fortune 20 tenant, arranged by CBRE Capital Markets.
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EJF Capital and Crimson Canyon Close $23.4 Million Construction Loan
Announcement of the construction financing close for the Buckeye Qualified Opportunity Zone warehouse, with $19.2 million in equity from EJF OpZone Fund II LP and senior debt from Pacific Premier Bank.
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324KSF Industrial Project Planned in Buckeye
Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission's approval of the site plan for the Crimson Canyon industrial project on 21.6 acres south of Durango Road.
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Buckeye to Get Another Industrial Building
Local coverage of the Crimson Canyon Durango proposal heading to the Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission, noting the city's accelerating employment-base growth.
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Self-Storage Facility Coming to Cortaro Ranch Development at I-10 and Cortaro Farms in Marana
Coverage of the Marana storage acquisition by Crimson Canyon for development of a climate-controlled facility in the Cortaro Ranch project (subsequently operated under the Extra Space brand following the Extra Space and Life Storage combination in 2023).
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Recognition
Crimson Canyon Durango, AZRE Magazine People and Projects to Know, 2025 Winner
Recognized by AZRE Magazine in the People and Projects to Know 2025 awards for design and execution of the Buckeye distribution warehouse.
07 / Disclosures
Selected risk factors.
The following are selected risk factors associated with an investment in Crimson Canyon Development LP. They are not exhaustive. For a complete discussion, please review the Crimson Canyon Development LP Confidential Private Offering Memorandum.
- LiquidityInvestment involves a high degree of risk and limited liquidity, with no public market. It is suitable only for sophisticated investors able to bear the loss of their entire investment.
- StrategyThe investment strategy is speculative. Returns are not guaranteed and there is no assurance that objectives will be achieved.
- DistributionsThe Fund may pay distributions and fund redemptions from borrowings, offering proceeds, or asset sales, with no limit on the amounts paid from such sources.
- ValuationThe Fund may invest in securities that carry a higher degree of risk or whose valuations fluctuate dramatically.
- LeverageAccess to debt financing may be limited and subject to rate increases, restrictive covenants, or untimely repayment obligations.
- Real EstateThe Fund involves risks unique to real estate, including competition for tenants, interest-rate risk, occupancy issues, insurance risk, and inflation risk, among others.
- Capital RaiseThe offering is not contingent on a minimum raise. The Fund may not raise enough capital to allow diversified holdings or to achieve its objectives.
- ConflictsMultiple conflicts of interest exist, including compensation arrangements, incentive-fee structures, positions held with affiliated entities, co-ownership arrangements, and the allocation of investment opportunities.
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08 / Contact
Get in touch with Crimson Canyon.
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