Author: BEX Staff

The Surprise City Council has approved Trammell Crow Residential’s site plan and planned area development request for Allora Surprise, a 351-unit, 16.84-acre multifamily development at the SEC of Bell and Citrus roads. The Surprise Planning & Zoning Commission had recommended against the plan last month. The original plans for the site included eight acres of commercial. Landowner Carefree Partners scaled the commercial portion down to 3.9 acres and relocated it on the site, an adjustment project representatives credited in ultimately winning approval. The multifamily development will consist of 222 one- bedroom, 117 two-bedroom and 12 three-bedroom units ranging from 681SF…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX Toll Brothers Apartment Living is requesting a site plan approval and special use permit from the City of Mesa to develop Navona – a 400-unit apartment development on 20.24 acres at the SEC of the Williams Field Road and Crismon Road alignments. The proposal was presented with a staff recommendation for approval to the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on June 22nd. The site lies within Phase I of the Avalon Crossing master-planned community and is zoned Planned Community under the Avalon Crossing Community Plan. Single-family developments are planned to the north and east, and…

The Tempe City Council is considering a Government Property Lease Excise Tax abatement for Hines’ proposed 14-story, 216KSF 250 Rio office development near Rio Salado Parkway and the Ash Avenue Alignment. If approved, Hines would sell the site to the City and the project would receive an eight-year abatement on property taxes. Under the proposed agreement, Hines would make payments to area educational foundations to offset the property tax revenue. Other payments would be made to the Tempe Coalition for Affordable Housing, and Hines would contribute $150K for a planned veterans’ memorial. The developer would also fund improvements on the…

The Town of Gilbert has paid nearly $300K in legal costs associated with an eminent domain case stemming from the Hearne Plaza Garage in the Heritage District, and at least two more such cases could be on the horizon. Courts found for the Town in its efforts to take a 755SF piece of land from business owner Marc Barlow for the garage project, but there was a $525K difference between the Town’s appraisal and Barlow’s. A judge ruled to use Barlow’s figure of $670K in October of 2020. Gilbert challenged the ruling and attempts at mediation failed earlier this year.…

Awards & Accolades 1. Presented by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona, the Leadership in Engineering Administration Program is a career development program designed for upwardly mobile young professionals working in Arizona’s consulting engineering industry. The LEAP Class of 2022: Jose Aguilar, WSP USA, Inc.;Jessica Brinton, Maricopa County Department of Transportation;Taylor Dunkle, Kimley-Horn & Associates;Travis Dunn, Dibble Engineering;Alexander Ecke, Dibble Engineering;Viking Edeback, Carollo Engineers;Jack Fleming, AZTEC Engineering;Amy Forsythe, Southwest Traffic Engineering;Zachary Herman, Speedie & Associates;William Janiga, Entellus, Inc.;Rasha Jasim, Wilson & Company;Dillon Kennedy, AECOM, Inc.;Oleksandr (Alex) Klimov, AZTEC Engineering;Steven McKee, Wood/Patel;Eric Pedersen, Carollo Engineers;Cortney Seiberlich, Kimley-Horn & Associates;Cheryl…

Sales Transactions 1. Creation has announced the sale of the 860.6KSF 10 West Commerce Park, home to Funko’s U.S. distribution center, to Cohen Asset Management for $130M. Will Strong of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal. 2. The 301-unit Park Terrace Senior Living at 2577 W. Greenway Road in Phoenix has sold to Link Senior Development and The Roxborough Group LLC for $45M. JLL assisted Link in securing debt and equity partners. An entity associated with Homan Zarghampour was the seller. 3. Next Round Asset Management, LLC has purchased the 240-unit Palomino Crossing apartment community in Tucson for $28M. Seller…

By City of Glendale “District at Sportsman’s Park, Glendale” will be the name of a new, innovative and vibrant mixed-use project being built in a collaboration between the City of Glendale, the Arizona Cardinals and Plaza Companies. The 62-acre site is located east of Loop 101, south of State Farm Stadium and to the east of the new VAI Resort. District at Sportsman’s Park, Glendale, includes two parcels of land in the northwest portion of the property owned by an affiliate of the Arizona Cardinals. The remainder of the site is owned by the City of Glendale. Upon completion, the…

A second phase has been announced to join with a Build-to-Rent project about to get underway on a Maricopa County island in north Peoria. Building permits for Village at Pleasant River, a 246-unit development on 25 acres near Happy Valley Parkway and 115th Avenue are under review. Now, applicant EMC Management is requesting rezoning for Village at Pleasant River Phase II to accommodate another 55 single-story units on an adjacent five acres. The Phase II plan seeks to build 18 one-bedroom, 28 two-bedroom and nine three-bedroom single-story units. The Maricopa County Technical Advisory Committee has scheduled a first review for…

Clarion Partners is asking the City of Glendale to annex approximately 130 acres to facilitate construction of its planned Northern Parkway Commerce Center, a 2.36MSF industrial project at the SWC of Northern Parkway and Dysart Road. Clarion’s plan consists of four buildings of between 370KSF and 680.4KSF. The building sizes could change to accommodate the needs of potential tenants. Construction costs are estimated at $322M. The project team consists of developer Clarion Partners, architect Butler Design Group and engineering firm EPS Group. Withey Morris PLC is the project representative, and the current landowner is Desert Leasing LLC. The Glendale City…

By The Office of Representative Kyrsten Sinema $105M will be invested in Arizona tribal communities for critical sanitation projects from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs law led by Senator Kyrsten Sinema and shaped by Senator Mark Kelly. The funding comes as part of the $3.5B Sinema and Kelly secured for Indian Health Service sanitation infrastructure over the next five years. The $105M has been allocated for Tier 1 project constructions. Tier 1 projects are considered to be “shovel-ready,” as the planning for the project is complete with engineer design activities for proposed sanitation facilities, contract documents, and contract plans…