Author: BEX Staff

With the successful launch of the newly opened Desert Diamond Casino White Tanks at San Lucy near Northern Avenue and Loop 303, the Tohono O’odham Nation is now looking to expand amenities and services there and also at its Desert Diamond West Valley location. The tribe plans to add a 19-story hotel with 450 rooms and 30KSF of meeting space at Desert Diamond West Valley near Loop 101 in Glendale. The new hospitality space will also include pools, a spa and a rooftop restaurant. The White Tanks casino property will add a 16-story hotel with 350 rooms with similar amenities…

The Winslow City Council has approved preliminary planned area development rezoning and a development agreement with project owner Atlas Global Development for the 1,479-acre Winslow Commerce and Industrial Park. The PAD divides the property into a northern commerce park area with a light industrial focus and a heavy industrial area to the south. As part of Winslow’s sale of 1,200 acres to Atlas Global for the project, data centers were negotiated as a prohibited use because of their low employment value. Atlas Global will now work to develop and submit plans for utility connections, infrastructure improvements and detailed project phasing,…

Giving Back 1. The PICOR Charitable Foundation announced the beneficiaries of its 30th annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser. This year’s fundraiser, held on Oct. 27, raised a total of $188K. The Burton Family Foundation, part of PCF’s Pancake Breakfast Committee, has a dollar-for-dollar matching program. The committee released the 59 local nonprofits benefitting from the fundraiser. The grant recipients are: Amistades; Amphi Foundation; Angel Heart Pajama Project (AHPP); Arizona Center for Autism (Abbie School); Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation; Arizona Theater Company; Assistance League of Tucson, Inc.; Ballet Tucson; Beyond Foundation; BICAS; Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Tucson; Books for Classrooms;…

Sales Transactions 1. CBRE negotiated the sale of Smith & Rio, a 310-unit multifamily community located at 1979 E. Rio Salada Pkwy. in Tempe. CBRE’s Asher Gunter, Matt Pesch, Sean Cunningham and Austin Groen represented the seller, a partnership between PGIM Real Estate and High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company. Industry news outlets reported the sales price at $106M. 2. Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, facilitated the $56.5M sale of the Hampton Meridian at 3000 W. Southern Ave. in Apache Junction. The 195-unit property was sold by The Carlyle Group to Hampton…

By Chlorum Solutions USA Chlorum Solutions USA LLC, formally announced the development of its first small-scale U.S. chlor-alkali plant in Casa Grande. The plant will enhance local supply chain resilience in the U.S. chemical industry with its decentralized model tailored for this purpose. The Arizona facility will be a model of environmentally friendly, safe practices. With an investment of more than $70M, this plant aims to set a new standard in proximity-based chemical production, reducing transport risks and reliance on long-haul shipping. By serving markets outside major petrochemical hubs like Texas and Louisiana, Chlorum Solutions USA addresses a critical need…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The Gilbert Planning Commission/Design Review Board has unanimously approved a set of requests that will allow for the development of two hotels and three medical office buildings on a 9.45-acre site on the north side of Melrose Street between Val Vista Drive and Rome Street. The requests associated with the Val Vista & Melrose Mixed-Use project, identified in the submitted documents as Val Vista and Melrose – New Development, sought approval for a set of findings of fact, as well as approval for a site plan, landscaping, grading and drainage, elevations, floor plans, and lighting.…

Major airports are never truly finished. Virtually every airport larger than a single-hangar crop duster strip always has construction happening somewhere on the grounds. As one of the 10 busiest airports in the U.S. and 25 busiest airports in the world, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has more planned and ongoing construction than most. Following is an update on the extensive work planned for PSHIA in 2025. Terminal 3 Expansions With Terminal 4 being built out, attention is now turning to Terminal 3. In 2025, a new north concourse and a pedestrian bridge to connect Terminal 3 and Terminal 4…

By Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity have announced $1M in funding for the next phase of the BuildItAZ Apprenticeship Initiative, which aims to connect Arizonans with the skills they need for construction and trades jobs. After the Governor launched BuildItAZ in 2023, Arizona saw growth in enrollment of construction and trades apprentices, marking progress toward her administration’s goal to double the number of construction and trades registered apprentices by 2026. To continue the efforts, OEO will grant $1M in federal workforce funds to registered apprenticeship programs to recruit more apprentices,…

By National Association of Home Builders Bipartisan legislation tailored specifically to ease the severe residential construction labor shortage was introduced in the House this week. Reps. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) and Don Davis (D-N.C.) introduced the CONSTRUCTS Act, companion legislation to the Senate bill introduced earlier this year by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) that will support the construction workforce, help improve the housing supply and bend the rising housing cost curve across the nation. The CONSTRUCTS Act directly addresses the lack of workers in the housing sector by expanding opportunities…

Progress Reports 1. Crews have begun clearing land for new travel lanes, removing sound walls and preparing the foundations for new bridges for the I-40/US 93 Interchange project in Kingman. This progress comes six months into the Arizona Department of Transportation’s $106M project to eliminate delays that can occur for passenger and truck traffic on the main route between Las Vegas and Arizona. Construction is expected to continue into 2027. Completions 2. P.B. Bell introduced pre-leasing at its apartment home complex Everly at Morrison Ranch. The development is a part of the Morrison Ranch master-planned community on Elliot Road east…