Author: BEX Staff

By Associated Builders and Contractors Associated Builders and Contractors reports its Construction Backlog Indicator increased to nine months in May from 8.8 months in April, according to an ABC member survey conducted May 17th to June 3rd. The reading is up one month from May 2021. Backlog in the infrastructure segment jumped from 8.7 months in April to 9.3 months in May, and the Northeast and South regions continue to outperform the Middle States and the West. Contractors with more than $100M in annual revenues enjoyed the highest backlog, at 13.2 months. ABC’s Construction Confidence Index readings for sales, profit…

Investment Development Management is proposing a 678-unit multifamily development on approximately 34 acres of a 160-acre site bounded by 99th Avenue, Thomas Road, Loop 101 and McDowell Road in the Maryvale area of west Phoenix. Phoenix City Council is considering a development agreement to reimburse IDM for infrastructure improvements as an incentive for the project. Under the agreement, the City would reimburse the company up to $1M of the expected $2M cost to connect the site to Phoenix water lines. City officials said the connection will provide service for multiple uses west of Loop 101, but there are no other…

By Mohr Capital Mohr Capital has acquired 46.26 acres in one of Arizona’s fastest-growing cities to develop Lot 9 at Summit Business Park, a Class A industrial business park in Surprise. Summit Business Park will offer a combined space of 704.5KSF of leasable industrial space with 454KSF in Building 1 and 250.5KSF in Building 2. The buildings will be ideal for distribution, manufacturing and logistics companies throughout the southwest with capabilities to serve numerous large urban areas located within a one- or two-day delivery zone. The project will break ground in August 2022 and is slated for completion in summer…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX LGE Design Build and Creation RE have submitted a proposal to build a 243.4KSF warehouse building on 18 acres of a 75-acre site near the SEC of Scottsdale and Thunderbird roads currently owned by an entity of the Seventh-day Adventists. The Arizona Conference Corporation of the Seventh-day Adventists owns approximately 75 acres next to Scottsdale Airport, most of which it uses for a religious school and affiliated residential and educational purposes. AZCCSDA leases property on the northern portion of the site for airpark and industrial use, according to the submittal filed with the City of…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX With three major announcements so far, June has turned out to be a month filled with important developments for affordable housing in Arizona. One of those announcements helps ensure even bigger developments to come, literally. In the first announcement, the Arizona Department of Housing reported the state has set a record for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits this year. Federal 9% LIHTC credits awarded this year total $30.1M distributed to 16 developments around the state, including seven in rural areas – the most in state history. The record amount follows a reengineering of the tax credit…

Awards & Accolades 1. The 2021 Best of NAIOP Arizona Awards were announced June 9th in a ceremony at the Arizona Biltmore. Check out next Tuesday’s issue for the Company, Individual and Broker Awards. Winners in the Project Awards were: Economic Impact Project of the Year: HelloFreshIndustrial Build-to-Suit Less Than 500K SF Project of the Year: FedEx Prologis Commerce Park 2Industrial Build-to-Suit More than 500K SF Project of the Year: White Claw DistilleryIndustrial Tenant Improvement Project of the Year: Covetrus GrandviewMedical Office Project of the Year: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Phoenix Outpatient ClinicMixed-Use Project of the Year: Park CentralOffice…

The Maricopa Planning and Zoning Commission is considering a proposal to change the land use map and zoning for nearly 17 acres of City-owned land from Public/Institutional to High Density Residential. The City has requested the change for the site north of City Hall, likely to enable the development of multifamily housing. The spaces around City Hall have been targeted for development after the mitigation of the nearby North Santa Cruz Wash floodplain is complete. When that is in place, 11 square miles of land will be open for economic development. City officials last year estimated the assessable value at…

The Queen Creek Town Council approved new funds totaling $34M for water and road system infrastructure projects near Ironwood and Germann Roads. The allocation is the most recent for the Northeast Infrastructure Improvements project suite planned in support of the LG Energy Solution Battery Plant planned in the town. Project components include: A new section of Pecos Road from Ironwood to Kenworthy Road,Connection of a new section of Kenworthy from Pecos to Germann,Widening Ironwood from Germann to SR 24, andWidening Germann from Kenworthy to Meridian Road. Each section would have three lanes in each direction, as well as a bicycle…

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors have approved a federal grant application that, if awarded, would provide $301M to extend SR 24 from Ironwood Drive to US 60. The grant funds would be in addition to a previously approved SR 24 state budget allocation that went toward interim work. The project would create a four-lane highway, which Pinal said in its application is a necessary alternative route for congested arterial streets in the area, given the extent of overall growth. The application cited recent traffic studies that predict most current arterial streets in the project area will be overwhelmed by…

The Mesa Board of Adjustment has approved a set of variances that will permit ZenniHome to build Zen City – a 90-unit midrise apartment development with ground floor commercial at 29 W. Main St. Each of the five upper floors will have 18 units – 12 640SF two-bed units and six 320SF studios. Zen City will be ZenniHome’s first mid-rise apartment development, according to the project narrative. The configuration will feature two five-story residential towers over ground-floor commercial spaces. According to the staff report presented to the Board, “The proposed dwelling units are standardized manufactured modular housing units, which are…