Local Projects Making News 6-29-12
Photo Credit: UA Campus Acquisitions has broken ground on a 14-story student apartment complex adjacent to the University of Arizona, Tucson. The new development was designed Click here to read the full article.
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Surprise Mayor Does Grand Ave. Video
By Dustin Gardner for The Arizona Republic Blogs Scottsdale Unified School District Director of Facilities & Operations Rick Freeman walks along an array of solar panels Click here to read the full article.
Funding Approved for ASU’s $52M Block 12 Mixed Use Facility
By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange Photo Credit: Arizona Board of Regents With the innocuous name, “Block 12 Mixed Use Facility,” ASU’s $52M Click here to read the full article.
Commercial Real Estate News
Purchase Transactions Equity Residential Trust of Chicago sold the 225-unit Park Meadow apartments, 125 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert, for $20.8M ($92.4/unit) and Vista Grove Click here to read the full article.
Scottsdale Airpark Redevelopment Continues
By Beth Duckett for The Arizona Republic Bobby Cardenas of Nu West Painting helps with construction at Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and Loop 101.Photo Credit: David Click here to read the full article.
Feds Award $22M TIGER Grant for I-15 Virgin River Bridge Rehabilitation
By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange Photo Credit: ADOT Ignore it. Refuse to fund it. Charge a toll. These were just some of the state’s reaction to Click here to read the full article.
Tombstone Appeals to Repair Water Supply
By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange The town too tough to die is trying to keep its lawsuit from burial on Boot Hill. Shot down by the Federal Court, Click here to read the full article.
Rosemont’s Parent Company in Cash Squeeze
By Tony Davis for the Arizona Daily Star The Santa Rita Mountains, where the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine would be, are seen looking west from Highway 83 near mile marker 44 Click here to read the full article.
Mesa’s Escobedo Area to be Razed, Rebuilt
By Garin Groff for East Valley Tribune Photo Credit: City of Mesa The crumbling Escobedo Neighborhood in Mesa generated 780 police calls last year — a number that’s even Click here to read the full article.
Metrocenter Plans Renaissance, Reinvention
By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange “When was the last time you were in Metrocenter?” Photo Credit: Eric Jay Toll / AZBEX That is today’s answer Click here to read the full article.
Phoenix Accelerates NW Light-Rail Extension
By Lynh Bui for The Arizona Republic The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday approved an acceleration plan for the leg of Metro light rail that would extend the northwestern Click here to read the full article.
Phoenix Seeks Signature Design for Hance Park
By Connie Cone Sexton for The Arizona Republic Phoenix officials agreed Thursday to find professionals to turn Margaret T. Hance Park near Central Avenue and McDowell Road Click here to read the full article.
ProLogis Bullish Phoenix Activity
By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange ProLogis Inc. is bullish on the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Denver-based REIT is selling properties, buying Click here to read the full article.
La Paz Solar Tower to be World’s Tallest Structure
By Peter Madrid for Arizona Commercial Real Estate Magazine Photo Credit: EnviroMission In 2013, the Western District Hensel Phelps office in Phoenix is to begin construction Click here to read the full article.
Broader Economy Pulls Monthly ABI Down
By Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA for the American Institute of Architects Photo Credit: Calculated RIsk Billings at U.S. architecture firms reversed sharply in May, with the AIA’s Click here to read the full article.
Economic Indicators Predict Modest Growth
Source: Associated Press for The Arizona Republic A measure of future economic activity rose in May to the highest level in four years, a sign the economy will keep growing Click here to read the full article.
$1.5B, 60 Gate Gateway Terminal Dream Takes Shape
On-Call Planning Services Solicitation is First Contract By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange All the construction around Ellsworth and Ray roads in Mesa Click here to read the full article.
House Bill to Block Glendale Casino
By Mike Sunnucks for the Phoenix Business Journal Photo Credit: AZ Capitol Times The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill this week that blocks a proposed West Click here to read the full article.
Clerical Flap May Void Arizona Sales-Tax Petitions
By Mary Jo Pitzl for The Arizona Republic In March, Ann-Eve Pedersen, president of the Arizona Education Network, signs the forms launching an initiative drive to make Click here to read the full article.
Eastmark Puts Jobs First for Area Growth
By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange Straddling the under-construction Gateway Freeway, Eastmark’s direct connection to Loop 202 connects existing East Click here to read the full article.
Phoenix City Council Approves $121K 5-Year Public-Art Plan
By Connie Cone Sexton for The Arizona Republic A five-year plan for public art in Phoenix was approved by the City Council last week and includes a project to help the public Click here to read the full article.
Tucson Rio Nuevo Building Tile Crumbling
By Darren DaRonco for the Arizona Daily Star City Attorney Mike Rankin confirmed that the six-story apartment building at East Congress Street and North Fifth Avenue is Click here to read the full article.
Local Industry Professionals Making News
Big Red Rooster hires Alexander Triplet and Nicholas Atherton as the new architecture and AutoCAD technicians for the restaurant chain. The eatery also adds Robert Chapman as Click here to read the full article.
Local Projects in the News
D.L. Withers Construction LLC breaks ground on the new headquarters for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office near Sixth Ave. and Jefferson St., Phoenix. The five-story, Click here to read the full article.
Private Sector Jobs Gaining for Arizona
By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange Despite a dip in public education employment with the end of the school year, Arizona’s jobless rate remained Click here to read the full article.
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