Author: BEX Staff

The Greater Yuma Economic Development Corp. recently presented information on why the City of Yuma and Yuma County continue to see strong economic development and business location and expansion. Key factors include a young, skilled labor force, a low rate of unionization and a location that puts the area within a one-day drive of 52 million consumers. The personnel at Yuma Proving Ground and the Marine Corps Air Station bring their qualifications with them when they leave military service, and the Wellton campus of Arizona Western College has a strong manufacturing program. The labor pool within 75 miles of Yuma…

Giving Back 1. Rosendin has announced its newest project built just for kids. Rosendin’s Tempe team redesigned its booth at Junior Achievement of Arizona into an interactive storefront demonstrating how an electrical company conducts business within the community. JA BizTown® is a hands-on program for 4th, 5th and 6th graders in Arizona that teaches students how to manage finances, run a business, and explore career paths, all while stimulating the economy. The program assigns each student a role that takes them on a personalized path to learn about owning a business. Company News 2. Land use and real estate law…

Sales Transactions 1. RecNation LLC has paid $6.3M for the 11-acre, 303-space RecNation RV and Boat Storage at 6455 S. Wilmot Road in Tucson. The seller was original developer SimonCRE. Both parties self-represented. 2. Olive Tree Apts LLC purchased Olive Tree Apartments, 16KSF investment property at 1841 S. Irving Ave. in Tucson. The 20-unit apartment was purchased from 1841 S Irving LLC for $2M. Allan Mendelsberg and Joey Martinez with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented both parties. Lease Transactions 3. Equality Health has committed to a 10-year lease for approximately 150KSF at the Riverwalk in Scottsdale on the Salt…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX At a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this week, Arizona State University leaders and other area officials kicked off an $87.5M construction investment intended to add two buildings and three new schools to the ASU West Campus and spur a 10,000-student increase in enrollment. The Arizona Republic reported the two buildings consist of a three-story 55KSF academic building and a 134.6KSF, 500-bed residence hall. Project documents show the academic building, which will front Verde Mall, will include space for several new academic programs and will include a drawing studio, a gallery, active learning classrooms, computer labs and…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX After receiving aesthetic review approvals from the Yuma Design and Historic Review Commission on March 22, two new projects can move ahead with their construction plans. Extended Stay America Hotel In the first, civil engineering and site design firm Dahl, Robins & Associates had requested the review on behalf of owner Yuma Land Company LLC for an Extended Stay America Hotel planned for 550 S. Rio Vista Drive. The planned four-story, 124-room hotel would be situated on 2.9 acres of currently vacant, undeveloped land and would have a gross floor area of 53.9KSF, according to…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX A 1MSF-plus non-residential mixed-use proposal that had sat dormant for more than a year has come back to life and resumed the entitlement process in Avondale. Ashley Furniture HomeStore had filed a minor General Plan amendment and rezoning request for a 70.08-acre site at the NWC of 107th Avenue and Roosevelt Street in March 2021. Following a series of reviews and responses, progress stopped on the plan until late last year, when a revised set of requests was submitted. Under the updated proposal, project owner Ashley Furniture HomeStore and developer Hodgdon Group Reality have planned…

The City of Surprise plans to break ground in early Fall 2023 on Heritage Senior Apartments, a 99-unit low-income senior housing development in the Original Town Site. The $23M development is expected for completion by December 2024. The 2.54-acre site is located to the south of the existing 100-unit low-income Heritage at Surprise Apartments and next to the Multi-Generational Community Resource Center, which is planned to open in 2025. Heritage Senior Apartments has received significant grant funding. In what was reported to be the largest award under the program, it received $9.1M under a federal Housing and Urban Development 202…

By RED Development and Life Time RED Development announced Life Time will join PV, the more than 100-acre redevelopment of the former Paradise Valley Mall, with a first-to-market, fully integrated concept consisting of an athletic country club and luxury-for-lease residences slated to open in 2026. Life Time debuted its Life Time Living concept in 2021 in Coral Gables, Fla. and connects residents’ at-home and wellness lifestyles to make healthy living easy and fun with functional space design, amenities and high-end living and convenience. The planned 11-story Life Time Living Paradise Valley will include more than 300 luxury residential units for…

By National Multifamily Housing Council The March edition of the NMHC Quarterly Survey of Apartment Construction & Development Activity once again found small improvements in terms of more limited price increases, slightly fewer construction delays and some easing in the labor market. However, while costs and delays may be falling from their post-pandemic peaks, they remain substantial headwinds to the creation of badly needed housing—particularly at low and middle-income price points. Construction delays remain common, with 79% of respondents reporting delays, but that is better than 84% in December, 90% in September and 97 % in June 2022. Notably, respondents…

Awards & Accolades 1. The Vantage Data Centers development by McCarthy Building Companies in Goodyear has been awarded a STAR Site designation from the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s Voluntary Protection Program for “exemplary and comprehensive safety and health management systems.”  Groundbreakings 2. Diversified Partners announced it will break ground April 6 on the 11-acre, $125M Mercy Center development on the SEC of Val Vista Drive and East Mercy Road. Project components include a two-story retail, restaurant and office space, a two-story flagship Starbucks, a regional headquarters for Bell Bank in a three-story bank building, a five-story Residence…