Author: BEX Staff

The Mesa Design Review Board recently discussed the design and landscaping for a proposed 53.6KSF warehouse building in the Longbow Business Park. The multitenant building at Lot 7 will provide 43.5KSF of warehouse space and slightly more than 10KSF of office on approximately six acres east of Higley Road and north of McDowell. The planned use is permitted under the existing light industrial zoning with Planned Area Development overlay. The warehouse component is planned with four overhead doors at grade and two truck wells, each of which will have eight overhead door bays. No outdoor storage is planned. The office…

2023 will be a busy year for freeway-related projects in the Phoenix area as more than $1B in Arizona Department of Transportation freeway improvement plans either get underway or continue work already in progress on I-10, I-17, Loop 101 and U.S. 60. A brief snapshot of the projects follows, broken down by freeway. I-10 SR-85 to Verrado Way: Adding a third lane in each direction and rebuilding the interchanges at Miller Road and Watson Road. Completion is expected this summer. I-10 Broadway Curve Improvements: 11 miles of improvements between Loop 202 and I-17, including widening lanes in both directions, reconstructing…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX –BEXclusive As large development areas become more scarce in the Great Phoenix area, the far West Valley continues to grow in appeal for companies looking to build new multifaceted projects. Tait Development is proposing the I-10 Innovation Center II on 30 acres southwest of the SWC of I-10 and 91st Avenue in Tolleson. Through its entity Tolleson 70, LLC, the company has submitted a Planned Area Development rezoning request to the City of Tolleson. The site is currently zoned for agricultural use. Ten acres of the site have I-10 frontage and the other 20 front…

Tonto Apache Tribal Chair Calvin Johnson recently announced plans for a new mixed-use development on tribal land across from the Payson Event Center on SR 87. The site is adjacent to the Mazatzal Hotel and Casino. In a presentation to the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce, Johnson said plans for the expansion have been in development for years and the project is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs and more than $89M in economic impact. Planned components include a health center, an 80-room hotel, a grocery store, a gas station/convenience store, office space and a “family fun center”…

House Bill 2543, a measure that would allocate more than $300M for rural road maintenance projects, passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee earlier this month. The legislation is of particular interest to officials in Kingman, where voters last year rejected a sales tax measure that would have gone toward establishing a pavement preservation and road maintenance program. The bill establishes projects that submitting county and municipal officials have said are their highest needs. Kingman projects that would benefit from the funding include: Airway Avenue Improvements: $2.6M; Eastern Street Improvement and Rehabilitation Projects: $8M; Interchanges at Interstate 40 and Rancho…

Awards & Accolades 1. Robson Communities won five Best of 55+ awards at the recent 2023 National Association of Home Builders: The Nationals Ceremony. Two awards centered on Arizona developments. The company won the 55+ Gold Award for Best Detached Home for The Mira Model at Pebble Creek in Goodyear and the 55+ Silver Award – Best Print – SaddleBrooke Ranch – Sales Brochure.  2. Transact Commercial Interiors was recently honored with two awards for its dynamic collaboration with Teknion. Transact Commercial Interiors won the 2021 and 2022 Teknion Dealer Impact Award for the United States as well as the…

Sales Transactions 1. Jet Worldwide LLC has purchased the 31.8KSF Mesa Gateway shopping center at Ray and Power roads in Mesa for $11.8M. The 3.12-acre property was fully leased at the time of the sale. Seller Mesa 18 LP was represented by Phoenix Commercial Advisors’ Danny Gardiner and Chad Tiedeman.  2. BP Vail Partners LLC (Bourn Companies) has paid $7.65M for a 390-acre site along I-10 at approximately 14001 E. Benson Hwy. in Vail. The company plans to build a mixed-use development of industrial, commercial and residential components. Seller RMG Vail II LLC was represented by Gary Emerson of GRE…

The Mesa Design Review Board recently discussed the landscaping and design plans for two City-owned airplane hangars planned at Falcon Field Airport. The hangars are designated as Hangar G and Hangar H and are part of the ongoing master planned Falcon Field Airport Expansion. Hangar G has five hangar bays and accessory office space in a slightly larger than 63KSF building. Hangar H will be more than 71KSF and will also have five bays and office space. Both buildings are planned for 40-foot heights. The City of Mesa is the project owner, and ADM Group is the design firm. (Source) 

By U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development Arizona State Director Charlene Fernandez announced that USDA is providing nearly $66M to improve access to jobs, health care, and infrastructure for people in Arizona’s historically underserved communities across the Rural Partners Network. The funding will create jobs for rural people and help them expand their businesses. It will provide affordable, well-built homes for seniors and low-income families in rural areas. It will help farmers and ranchers transition to clean energy and find new and better markets for their products, and it will give people in remote areas access to modern water…

By Roland Murphy Nearly 200 attendees braved some of the worst weather in recent Phoenix history to attend the “Yes In My Backyard: Ensuring Housing Supply for Arizona’s Future” Symposium at Papago Golf Club on Feb. 22. The event was moderated by Nico Howard of HOME Arizona and Mark Stapp of the W.P Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, the two hosting organizations. While the three-and-a-half-hour symposium covered nearly every aspect of the current state of affairs in Arizona housing—from current economic and demand conditions to future policy planning—three core issues of concern to the construction and development…