Author: BEX Staff

Sun Life Health has announced plans for a four-story healthcare and education campus on 10 acres at the SWC of Florence Blvd. and Henness Road in Casa Grande. Planned elements include up to 90 primary care examination rooms, a women’s health center and clinic with 25 exam rooms, and behavioral and pediatric health facilities. The educational space will target providing medical professionals with hands-on experience, including residency programs, externships and clinical rotations. Design plans are expected “in the coming months” and will seek planning and zoning and City Council approvals before construction. (Source)

A City of Phoenix plan to redevelop a 12.1-acre infill site at the SWC of 24th Street and Broadway road took another step forward late last month. In a Jan. 25 meeting, the Economic Development and Equity Subcommittee approved a motion to let the City issue a request for proposals to develop the site, part of the “Four Corners” intersection, which Phoenix has been trying to redevelop for at least two decades. Key desires for the area, which is in a “food desert,” include a grocery store with healthy options, community-focused medical services, and hospitality options including local retail, full-service…

By Associated Builders and Contractors and BEX Staff for AZBEX The not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate dropped 0.6% in December 2022 from a year ago, down from 5% to 4.4%, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released by Associated Builders and Contractors. Thirty-two states had lower unemployment rates over the same period, Iowa and Missouri were unchanged and 16 states were higher. National NSA payroll construction employment was 242,000 higher than in December 2021. From March through December 2022, seasonally adjusted construction employment was above its February 2020 pre-pandemic peak of 7,624,000,…

Awards & Accolades 1. PK Associates announced it has been awarded a National Council of Structural Engineers Associations 2022 Structural Engineering Excellence Award in the category of New Buildings under $30M for the Helios Education Foundation Campus. 2. KTGY announced it earned nine prestigious awards, including one Gold award and eight Silver awards at the recent National Association of Home Builders’ awards events held during the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas: the Best in American Living Awards and The Nationals. One award was a Silver Nationals Award for Caleda – The Triana, in Queen Creek in the Best Single-Family…

By PCCP and The Dinerstein Companies A joint venture partnership between real estate investment management company PCCP and real estate and development firm The Dinerstein Companies has announced development plans for Atlas Mesa, a Class-A 394-unit apartment community at the NWC of East Baseline Road and South Sunview. The site is adjacent to A.T. Still University and just east of Banner Gateway Medical Center. Atlas Mesa will have a studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 562SF to 1,394SF. Spanning 9.83 acres and totaling 400KSF, the property will consist of four four-story buildings served by elevators and a leasing…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The Gilbert Town Council will hear a request this week to terminate the development agreement between the Town and SAP Holdings, LLC for the creation of Santan Adventure Park, a proposed four-acre theme park on Knox Road off Santan Village Parkway north of Ray Road. A memo to the Council from Gilbert Parks and Recreation Manager Rocky Brown says, “The termination is due to recent economic conditions and the current high cost of construction.” Gilbert issued a Request for Proposal to develop the facility on four vacant acres at Crossroads Park in 2015. SAP Holdings…

By Roland Murphy AZBEX and BEX Companies are dedicated to covering and supporting the Architecture/Engineering/Construction industry in Arizona. From our inception more than a decade ago, our operating mission has been: “We help our subscribers find work.” That focus has been both broad enough to allow us to cover a wide range of topics and narrow enough to keep us from wading into any number of social and political quagmires. We’ve also exercised a fair amount of restraint because both Founder and President Rebekah Morris and Managing Editor Roland Murphy hold the old school view of journalism and reporting that…

Heritage Academy is currently gauging interest in the possibility of adding a new K-5 elementary school in Maricopa. The education provider is soliciting signatures from families with elementary-aged children to foster momentum. Heritage Academy is a tuition-free public charter school that promotes a four-day school week and small class sizes. It began operating in Maricopa in 2019. School officials said they will evaluate interest and then talk about possible locations and construction dates “in a couple of months.” (Source)

By Associated Builders and Contractors The construction industry added 25,000 jobs on net in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 294,000 jobs, an increase of 3.9%. Nonresidential construction employment increased by 19,300 positions on net, with growth in two of the three subcategories. Nonresidential specialty trades added 16,500 net new jobs, while nonresidential building added 4,000 positions. Heavy and civil engineering lost 1,200 jobs for the month. The construction unemployment rate rose to 6.9% in January. Unemployment…

Awards & Accolades 1. Trey Davis, Pinal County land specialist at Land Advisors Organization, has been named LAO’s Rookie of the Year.   Company News 2. Alliance Residential Company spinoff Alliance Industrial Company has launched in Phoenix and opened an office at 7135 E. Camelback Road. The office is staffed by John Paul Quinn, who transferred to Arizona from the company’s Houston location.   Promotions 3. Rider Levett Bucknall recently announced four promotions. Josh Marks has been promoted to Principal. Jesse Zunke and Aaron Woodward have both been named Associate Principal, and Jeff Landtiser has been promoted to Associate.  4. Achen-Gardner Construction…