Awards & Accolades
1. The 2021 Best of NAIOP Arizona Awards were announced June 9th in a ceremony at the Arizona Biltmore. Check out next Tuesday’s issue for the Company, Individual and Broker Awards. Winners in the Project Awards were:
- Economic Impact Project of the Year: HelloFresh
- Industrial Build-to-Suit Less Than 500K SF Project of the Year: FedEx Prologis Commerce Park 2
- Industrial Build-to-Suit More than 500K SF Project of the Year: White Claw Distillery
- Industrial Tenant Improvement Project of the Year: Covetrus Grandview
- Medical Office Project of the Year: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Phoenix Outpatient Clinic
- Mixed-Use Project of the Year: Park Central
- Office Build-to-Suit Project of the Year: Virginia G. Piper Creighton University Health Sciences Building
- Office Tenant Improvement Project of the Year: LifeStance
- Redevelopment Project of the Year: Central Logistics Center
- Retail Project of the Year: Arrowhead Jaguar Land Rover Dealership & Service Center
- Spec Industrial Less Than 500K SF Project of the Year: Prologis Logistics Center – Building 4
- Spec Industrial More Than 500K SF Project of the Year: G303
- Spec Office Project of the Year: Allred Park Place Buildings 7 & 8 with Parking Structure
- Sustainable Project of the Year: Prologis Logistics Center – Building 4
- Transaction of the Year: HelloFresh
- Phoenix Business Journal‘s Talk of the Town: White Claw Distillery
2. StreetLights Residential announced its luxury 332-unit, 17-story, high rise multifamily community The Ryan in Phoenix has been awarded LEED Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Groundbreakings
3. The Sonoran Desert Parkway (aka The East-West Corridor) broke ground June 13th. The project represents the first step of a multi-phase, high-capacity corridor that will ultimately link the City of Maricopa to Casa Grande and I-10.
4. The Arizona Department of Transportation is starting a project to replace pavement on 29 miles of Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff to create a smooth driving surface and repair damage from winter weather. The work will stretch from the I-40 interchange south to the Coconino County line at milepost 312. Crews will mill down the worn, rough pavement and replace it with new pavement.
Progress Reports
5. Officials with the Granite Dells Park project in Payson report the project is approximately 40% complete. Much of the progress on the 26-acre development over the past six months has consisted of installing and tailoring landscaping and installing a closed drainage system that filters water through a series of runoffs before it collects in an interior lake.
Completions
6. Great Hearts Academies reports its Great Hearts Roosevelt Preparatory Academy in Buckeye and its new 10-acre campus at Gavilan Peak Parkway and Arroyo Norte Drive in Anthem are both nearing completion and will be ready to open in the fall.