Awards & Accolades
1. The Arizona Masonry Council has announced Dave Endres of Superlite, an Oldcastle Company, as the 2022 Clem Hellmann Award recipient.
Boards & Commissions
2. Kirk McClure of JE Dunn Construction has been appointed to the Greater Phoenix Economic Council’s Ambassador Steering Committee.
Company News
3. Grand Canyon Development Partners is returning to the Valley and opening a Phoenix office with the intention of growing its development pipeline. The company left Phoenix during the Great Recession to focus on opportunities in Las Vegas.
4. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has announced the launch of the Taliesin Institute, a new initiative focused on providing education, outreach, and information to architecture and design students, new and established design professionals, and the broader public interested in learning about the history and future of organic architecture principles.
5. Colliers in Arizona just completed its most successful quarter, and 2021 was the company’s most dynamic in its history in the state. During 2021 Colliers in Arizona completed more than 1,000 real estate transactions, assisting its clients in making more than $4B in real estate decisions. In addition to announcing its success as a company, the firm released the names of its 2021 Top Producers.
- Todd Noel – Office | Education,
- Don MacWilliam – Payson MacWilliam – Industrial,
- Cindy Cooke – Multifamily,
- Rob Martensen – Industrial,
- Mindy Korth – Capital Markets,
- Brad Cooke – Multifamily,
- Jim Keeley – Industrial | Office,
- Bob Kline – Debt & Equity,
- Phil Wurth – Office/Medical, and
- Brian Woods – Retail.
6. Nonprofit organization Building Talent Foundation has renewed its partnership with Meritage Homes. The companies will work to advance a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion in residential construction.
7. Andrea Davis CRE has rebranded as Davis Commercial AZ. The rebrand includes a new website and move to a new office at 8160 E. Butherus Drive, Scottsdale.
8. Mechanical contractor Harris has moved to a new office at 23040 N. 11th Avenue, Suite 115, Phoenix.
9. Employee-owned consulting engineering firm Terracon has updated its logo, collateral and other visual assets to reflect its alignment with client needs. The company has also launched its new tagline: “Explore with us.”
Promotions
10. Cawley Architects has elevated co-founder Paul Devers to President. Devers will be responsible for the firm’s day-to-day architectural, administrative and corporate activities.
11. Longtime Sundt employee-owner and construction industry veteran Cade Rowley has been promoted to President of Sundt Construction’s Industrial Group – West.
12. Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod announced that Alana Porrazzo, a commercial litigator with the firm’s Phoenix office, was recently elected partner. Porrazzo’s practice focuses on surety and fidelity law, construction litigation and securities litigation.
13. Colleen Schwab has been promoted to Chief Performance Officer at Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
New Hires
14. Corbins has brought on Greg Ayres as President of Corbins and Partner and COO of Nox Group Companies.
15. Buckeye City Council has directed staff to enter into negotiations with former Goodyear Deputy City Manager Daniel Cotterman with the intention of hiring him as the new City Manager.
16. DMB Associates, Inc. has hired Ryan Wagner as Director of Acquisitions.
17. Huitt-Zollars has hired Chris Kmetty as a Senior Project Manager in their Arizona Public Works group.
18. Chris Robbins has been hired at Achen-Gardner as Project Engineer.
19. Ben Bravenec has joined RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture in Tempe as a Planner.
20. Mark Bramlett has joined Lee & Associates as a new Principal.