Awards & Accolades
1. Intel Corporation’s Fab 52 in Chandler was named the Phoenix Business Journal’s Project of the Year, selected from commercial real estate developments completed in 2025. The 2.9MSF semiconductor manufacturing facility is part of Intel’s estimated $32B Ocotillo campus expansion. Hoffman Construction Company served as the general contractor, and Jacobs was the lead design and engineering firm. The facility opened last September and has ramped to full production.
Groundbreakings
2. Work is underway on the Arizona Department of Transportation’s SR 347 Improvement Project, a $396M roadway improvement project spanning 14 miles between I-10 and Maricopa. The first phase includes rehabilitating existing travel lanes and outside shoulders with widening, new interchanges at Riggs Road and Mammoth Way and intersection improvements scheduled to begin this winter. The pavement rehabilitation phase is expected to be completed by the end of this year, while the full project is slated for completion by the end of 2029.
3. Construction has begun, starting with steel installation, on a 28MW solar facility that will support EVelution Energy LLC‘s Arizona Cobalt Project in Yuma County near Tacna. The solar array is part of the company’s $450M cobalt processing facility. Aquila Energy is serving as the solar EPC contractor, while M3 Engineering & Technology Corporation is providing engineering and project integration support. Solar construction is expected to continue through 2027, with the cobalt processing facility scheduled to begin commercial operations by the end of 2029.
4. The Arizona Department of Transportation began construction on July 6 on the SR 79 Passing Lane Project, a $6.3M improvement along an eight-mile segment of SR 79 north of Florence. The project includes adding passing lanes and paved shoulders, repairing or replacing pavement and replacing guardrail from milepost 140 to milepost 148. Construction is expected to continue through summer 2027.
5. On July 7, the Arizona Department of Transportation began the SR 260 Pavement Improvement Project between Linden and Show Low. The project includes replacing pavement, making spot pavement repairs, installing sidewalks and guardrail where needed, adding rumble strips and completing related improvements along the eight-mile corridor between mileposts 332 and 340. Construction is expected to be completed in the fall.
6. Hope Community Church began construction on July 1 on a $4.5M permanent campus at 3130 W. Overton Road in Tucson after purchasing five acres adjacent to the former Capilla Del Sol church. The project will add 18KSF to the existing 5.7KSF facility, creating a larger worship space, children’s area, classrooms, expanded parking and outdoor gathering areas. Construction is expected to take approximately 18 months.
Progress Reports
7. Layton Construction has topped out Astria Tempe, placing the final beam on the 27-story mixed-use development in Tempe. The 521.6KSF project will deliver 380 multifamily units and seven levels of parking when it opens in summer 2027.
8. Hyatt Hotels Corporation, HSL Properties and Desert Hospitality Management are transforming a hotel tower into the Hyatt Regency Tucson Convention Center in downtown Tucson. The building, formerly known as the Hotel Arizona, has been vacant since 2012. Sundt Construction Inc. is the general contractor, Swaim Associates Architects is the architect, and Offay Design Studio is providing interior design. The multi-million-dollar renovation will create a 291-room hotel with approximately 22KSF of meeting and event space. The project is expected to open in late 2027.
9. SunCap Property Group and Inclenberg Investments broke ground on the final building at Gilbert Spectrum Business Park. The 101KSF speculative industrial building is the eighth and final structure in the master-planned business park. Graycor is the general contractor; Balmer Architectural Group is the architect, and Bowman is the civil engineer. Delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2027.
10. Storm drain installation is underway on the Lindsay Road Improvements project in Chandler. The City of Chandler project includes installing more than 2,500LF of 12-inch to 18-inch storm drain as part of the widening of Lindsay Road from Ocotillo Road to Hunt Highway. Construction is expected to continue through March 2028.
11. The first phase of East Community Park has been completed at the corner of County 24 Street and Avenue 20 in San Luis. The approximately $700K phase includes new soccer fields and supporting infrastructure. The City of San Luis has budgeted $325K in fiscal year 2027 to complete the design for the project’s second phase.
Completions
12. The first retail space at Medina Station, a 148KSF Target, will open July 26. The project is located at 1517 S. Signal Butte Road in Mesa. SimonCRE is developing the 64.5-acre mixed-use project, which will include approximately 300KSF of retail space at full buildout.
13. More than 2,100LF of new water line has been installed along Mary Katherine Drive and portions of Cholla Drive as part of the Citywide Water Resources Infrastructure project in Scottsdale. Achen-Gardner Construction completed the work for the City of Scottsdale, which also included upgrading nine valves and adding new water service connections to 12 homes.
14. The Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce announced the grand opening of Primrose School of Queen Creek West. A ribbon-cutting is scheduled for July 15 at the new early education campus at 23775 S. Power Road.
15. Concentra has opened a new occupational health clinic at 2403 N. Pebble Creek Pkwy., Suite 101, in Goodyear. City of Goodyear officials and the West Valley Regional Chamber joined the company on June 24 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
16. Pima County Transportation Department has completed the Mount Lemmon Parking Improvements in Summerhaven, adding a 75-space paved parking lot and 21 roadside parking spaces. Completed in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration and Coronado National Forest, the project also included approximately one-half mile of asphalt restoration and pedestrian improvements near the Marshall Gulch trailhead.
17. The SR 79 Pavement Rehabilitation Project has wrapped up along a five-mile segment between Florence and Tucson. The Arizona Department of Transportation invested $1.5M in the project, which replaced pavement, completed asphalt repairs and installed pavement treatments and new road markings.