Author: BEX Staff

Rising costs for Peoria’s portions of Northern Parkway have led City staff to redesign portions of the roadway. Northern Parkway is a 12.5-mile connector between U.S. 60 and Loop 303 in the West Valley. While overseen by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation, the $315.8M project—funded under the Proposition 400 transportation sales tax—involves Peoria, El Mirage and Glendale as well. Peoria is partially responsible for two portions of the roadway: 91st Avenue to 99th Avenue and 99th Avenue to the Agua Fria River. Rising construction and development costs have put those two segments at between $25M and $26M over their…

The City of Scottsdale wants to renovate 15 different road sections, nearly all of which are north of Shea Blvd. Twelve of the projects on the wish list have valuations of more than $5M, and all of them are at least partially dependent on voter approval of Proposition 479, the latest renewal of Maricopa County’s half-cent transportation sales tax. The renewal, which was the subject of extensive back-and-forth struggles between the Legislature and two Governors, will go to voters in the November general election. Key to Scottsdale’s road plans is the County’s Arterial Life Cycle Program. The City has made…

Awards & Accolades 1. Crystal Rubin of Avenue Consultants has been named the 2024 WTS Metro Phoenix Member of the Year. She currently serves on the chapter Board of Directors as Business Development Director. Thanks to her efforts, the chapter has raised tens of thousands of dollars for scholarships in the past two years. 2. The National Utility Contractors Association has awarded Yvonne Bland of Core & Main LP their “NUCA Associate Member of the Year” Award, honoring her work on behalf of the industry. Bland has worked for NUCA National Partner Core & Main for more than 36 years.…

Sales Transactions 1. Sila Realty Trust, Inc. purchased a five facility healthcare portfolio comprised of four locations in Arizona and one in Texas. The portfolio is fully leased by Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Two of the facilities under the brand Abrazo Health are located in the Phoenix metro area. Prices, sizes and locations for the Phoenix-area facilities were not given. The two others in Arizona operate under Carondelet Health and consist of The Micro-Hospital ($16.1M, 30.22KSF) in Marana and The Medical Emergency Center ($15.95M, 32.45KSF) in Tucson. 2. Aldi sold 4.86 acres of a vacant lot near Country Club and Baseline…

A new 24.9-acre, two-building technology campus has been proposed in the Mesa Elliot Technology Park near Ellsworth and Elliot roads in Mesa. While specifics on the plan are still scarce at this stage, a project proposal was filed by C&H Associates LLC on behalf of G. AI Solutions LLC, which appears to tie back to a Singapore address. The plan details call for the development of the two buildings in separate phases. Phase I would construct Building A, planned for two stories and a total of 320KSF. Space would be divided into 288KSF for “computer uses” and 32KSF for office…

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX Last month, The Richman Group withdrew its proposed housing development from a Guadalupe Town Council agenda after losing what had previously been enthusiastic and unanimous support. Town Commons was originally proposed as 230 units of affordable housing, with 60 of those units set aside for senior living. There was a commercial component on the SEC of Guadalupe Road and South Avenida del Yaqui. As originally reported in AZBEX, this would have been the first new development project to come to the Town in more than seven years (as far back as the DATABEX project database…

The Maricopa Unified School District plans to start construction on a new middle school in the next 12-15 months and hopes to have it ready to open in July 2026. The MUSD Governing Board met this week to discuss hiring a design firm for what will be the District’s third middle school. Arizona has allocated $31M to build the school, and the Board has tasked a site search committee to identify locations and make a recommendation. One possibility is in the 175-acre Amarillo Creek subdivision south of the city limits. Developer Ashton Wood has land allocated for elementary and middle…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX Southern Ridge Golf Club, a defunct golf facility on 59th Avenue between Southern Avenue and Baseline Road in the Laveen area of southwest Phoenix, is set for a major redevelopment and revitalization plan submitted to the City. According to local news reports, after buying the site in 2022, owners Laveen 140 LLC planned to redevelop the abandoned gold course into a site with approximately 800 residential units and small open space pockets that included pickleball and sports courts, dog parks and playgrounds. That plan encountered deep resistance from the surrounding community. Removal of the existing…

The Yuma Elementary School District One Governing Board has advanced an updated plan to replace the James D. Price Elementary School on the Yuma Proving Ground. According to a presentation from District CFO Denis Ponder to the Board, the school had been targeted in 2020 for replacement as part of the federal Public Schools on Military Installations Program, which will cover 80% of the costs. At the time, the Arizona Legislature agreed to provide $800K for the required 20% match. The project encountered COVID-related delays, and the cost estimates have gone up. The estimated 20% match has grown by $1.2M.…

Groundbreakings 1. Sunbelt Investment Holdings, Inc. announced the groundbreaking of Buckeye Commons, a 410KSF retail center in Buckeye. The anchor for the shopping center was Costco at nearly 161KSF that opened back in July 2023. The first stores are expected to be completed in mid-2025. Butler Design Group is the designer. CHASSE Building Group is the general contractor. 2. Ryan Companies US, Inc. began construction on Surprise 34, a two-building, 145KSF industrial campus in Surprise. ESI Ventures is the owner. Ryan Companies is the builder. Ryan A+E, Inc. is the architect and civil engineer. Construction is expected to be completed…