Tucson's Third Shake Shack Opens Where a Fabric Store Stood
Tucson's third Shake Shack opens Aug. 19 at 3105 N. Campbell Ave., anchoring The Ave, Larsen Baker's redevelopment of an old fabric store.
The burger line on Wednesday morning is the visible half. The other half is a $1.6 million land purchase that turned one dark midtown storefront into a three-tenant pad.
In January, Shake Shack had no Tucson locations. By Wednesday it will have three, and the newest one goes into a building on Campbell Avenue that used to sell fabric by the bolt. It will not go in alone: a bakery-café and a Pilates studio take the other end of the same property. Same 0.83-acre lot, three leases where there was one. That swap is worth more attention than the burgers, because it is how new retail arrives on a midtown corridor where building something almost always means replacing something.
- Aug. 19
- Grand opening listed for Shake Shack's third Tucson-area location
- $1.6M
- Price Larsen Baker's affiliate paid for the 3105 N. Campbell Ave. site
- 36,258 sq ft
- Commercially zoned land on the parcel, just south of Fort Lowell Road
- 3 tenants
- Signed at The Ave: Shake Shack, Reformed Pilates and Paris Baguette
What Happens Wednesday Morning
The Chamber of Southern Arizona lists a grand opening for Shake Shack's third Tucson location on Wednesday, Aug. 19 — ribbon cutting at 9 a.m., doors at 10 a.m., swag for the first 100 people in line. Worth noting that 9 a.m. is when the ribbon gets cut, not when the queue starts. The chamber listing does not name the street, but the Campbell address is the only one of the three that has not already opened. The first came on Feb. 18 at Casas Adobes Plaza, 633 W. Ina Road, at Oracle and Ina. The second followed on March 11 at 5545 E. Broadway Blvd. near Williams Centre, running 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Three openings in six months is a fast build-out schedule for a metro this size, and it is worth confirming the date with the restaurant before driving over — opening days move.
The Pad Was Bought, Not Built
The interesting transaction happened before any of this. Larsen Baker, through its affiliate Campbell Hedrick Associate Developers, LLC, acquired the property for $1,600,000 with the stated plan of redeveloping it for a restaurant and higher-end retail. The parcel carries 36,258 square feet of commercially zoned land. The building on it was Fabrics That Go, which closed the Campbell store and moved to 2600 N. Stone Ave. Larsen Baker's broker on the deal was Isaac Figueroa, and Shake Shack's lease at the address was finalized March 31, 2025 — meaning the anchor was committed roughly a year and a half before the doors open. The redevelopment is branded The Ave.
- The Anchor (Shake Shack, 3105 N. Campbell Ave., Opening Aug. 19): The third Shake Shack in the Tucson area, on Campbell just south of East Fort Lowell Road. The lease was signed in March 2025; the chain's other two Tucson locations opened in February and March 2026.
- The West End (Reformed Pilates, Paris Baguette, Suite 115): Reformed Pilates — a studio operator with locations in Arizona and Texas — lists a Central Tucson address at 3105 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 115. Paris Baguette, a bakery-café chain, takes the other western-end space.
- The Site (Former Fabrics That Go, 36,258 sq ft of land, $1.6M purchase): A single-user retail building on a commercially zoned parcel south of Fort Lowell, bought by a Larsen Baker affiliate and re-cut for multiple tenants. The fabric store relocated to 2600 N. Stone Ave.
Why One Small Pad Is Worth Watching
Nothing about this project is large. It is one building on 0.83 acres. What makes it worth watching is the arithmetic: three leases now sit on land that carried one, which is what lets a $1.6 million purchase price work on a parcel this size. That is the move to recognize, because the raw material for it is everywhere on Campbell — a single-tenant building, deep frontage, a parking apron sized for a use that has moved on. When you see one go dark on an arterial like this, the likely next chapter is not a vacancy. It is a subdivision into two or three suites, with a national name signed first to make the rest of the rent roll leasable.
For anyone buying or selling in the blocks around this intersection, the practical change is amenity distance: two places to eat and a fitness studio arriving at one address that had none of the three. That is not a market statistic and this post does not offer one — it is a physical fact about the corridor, the kind a buyer registers on a Saturday drive-through and a seller can point at without overstating anything.
Quick reference (August 15, 2026): The Chamber of Southern Arizona lists a grand opening for Shake Shack's third Tucson location on Wednesday, Aug. 19 — ribbon cutting 9 a.m., open at 10 a.m., swag for the first 100 in line. Shake Shack confirmed 3105 N. Campbell Ave., just south of East Fort Lowell Road; the other two Tucson locations, at 633 W. Ina Road and 5545 E. Broadway Blvd., are already open. The property is Larsen Baker's The Ave redevelopment of the former Fabrics That Go building, with Reformed Pilates and Paris Baguette at the western end. Opening dates, hours and tenant lineups change — confirm current details with each business before planning a visit.
Three Stores, All Infill
Two things to file away. First, a national chain that opened nothing in Tucson before 2026 will have three stores here by Wednesday, and it chose infill pads on established arterials rather than new pads on the growth edge. Second, the deal underneath is repeatable: buy an aging single-user building on a busy corridor, re-cut it for three tenants, sign a national anchor eighteen months ahead. If you own or are shopping near a corridor like Campbell, that pattern is the one to recognize on the next dark storefront you drive past.
Sources
The Chamber of Southern Arizona — "Grand Opening – Shake Shack" event listing — business.thechambersoaz.com/events/Details/grand-opening-shake-shack-1639892 — accessed August 15, 2026 (for the Aug. 19 grand opening of Shake Shack's third Tucson location, the 9 a.m. ribbon cutting, the 10 a.m. opening and the swag for the first 100 people in line).
Arizona Daily Star / tucson.com — "Tucson's newest Shake Shack gets 2 neighbors" — tucson.com/news/local/business/real-estate/article_3c970342-2167-4f09-bd44-96e6cd076b56.html — accessed August 15, 2026 (for the development named The Ave on Campbell Avenue near Fort Lowell Road, Shake Shack as its anchor, Reformed Pilates and Paris Baguette at the western end of 3105 N. Campbell Ave., the site's prior use as a Fabrics That Go store, and Isaac Figueroa representing landlord Larsen Baker).
Real Estate Daily News — "Larsen Baker Acquires Campbell Ave Site for Redevelopment" — realestatedaily-news.com/larsen-baker-acquires-campbell-ave-site-for-redevelopment — accessed August 15, 2026 (for the $1,600,000 purchase of 3105 N. Campbell Ave. by Larsen Baker affiliate Campbell Hedrick Associate Developers, LLC, the location south of Fort Lowell, and the plan to redevelop the site for a restaurant and other high-end retail users).
Arizona Daily Star / tucson.com — "Restaurant, retail to replace long-time Tucson fabric store" — tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_0496f6d4-d11d-11ef-8574-c7efc88c07d9.html — accessed August 15, 2026 (for the 36,258 square feet of commercially zoned land on the parcel and Fabrics That Go's relocation from Campbell Avenue to 2600 N. Stone Ave.).
KGUN 9 — "Tucson getting its first Shake Shack in Midtown" — kgun9.com/news/local-news/tucson-getting-its-first-shake-shack — accessed August 15, 2026 (for Shake Shack confirming the 3105 N. Campbell Ave. address just south of East Fort Lowell Road, and the lease finalized March 31, 2025).
Arizona Daily Star / tucson.com — "Burger countdown: A new Shake Shack is set to open in Tucson" — tucson.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/article_b9083fb2-b117-4dee-bb2d-98e2a633c945.html — accessed August 15, 2026 (for the March 11, 2026 opening at 5545 E. Broadway Blvd. and its 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-through-Thursday and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday-and-Saturday hours).
University of Arizona — "Support the Campus Pantry: Shake Shack Community Partnership" — news.arizona.edu/uannounce/support-campus-pantry-shake-shack-community-partnership — accessed August 15, 2026 (for the first Tucson location opening Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 at Casas Adobes Plaza, 633 W. Ina Road).
Reformed Pilates — "Our Locations" — reformedpilates.com/locations — accessed August 15, 2026 (for the operator's studios in Arizona and Texas and its Central Tucson address at 3105 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 115).
All details are current as of August 15, 2026; opening dates, hours, menus and tenant lineups change, so readers should confirm current information before relying on any single figure. This post is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase real estate. Kyle Berglund and Tierra Antigua Realty fully support and comply with the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.
Topics
- New Business
- Shake Shack
- The Ave
- Campbell Avenue
- Larsen Baker
- Paris Baguette
- Reformed Pilates
- Midtown Tucson
- Retail
- Tucson
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