Author: BEX Staff

Groundbreakings 1. ViaWest Group, in partnership with Barings, LLC, and Willmeng Construction, has officially broken ground on ReDiscover Logistics Park, an 808.4KSF industrial development in Phoenix’s Deer Valley submarket. Delivery is expected in Q1 2027. 2. KPPC Advanced Chemicals Inc. broke ground on Dec. 19 on its new U.S. Arizona Plant, an ultrapure chemical manufacturing campus at the Sonoran Valley Industrial Park in Casa Grande. Phase I of UAP reflects a more than $120M investment. Production is expected to begin in late 2027. 3. Strive Compounding Pharmacy recently announced it has broken ground on its new headquarters. The 350KSF building…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX We’ve been naming and shaming for years now, it seems The end-of-year deadlines that dash Seasons dreams. Still, lots of agencies demand your responses Snatching feasts from your plates dousing candles in sconces. Once again, here we list those unseemly deadlines, and call out the issuers on whose worth we opine. These unholy timelines drive us out of our gourds. So come gather ‘round For the Bah Humbug! Awards. Planning | Design | Inspection BIA needs a specialist for Geo Info Support, It’s due Twelve Thirty-One Skip that beachside resort. Mesa wants to examine all…

A bipartisan group of legislators has introduced the Housing for the 21st Century Act in the U.S. House of Representatives as a companion bill to the Senate’s ROAD to Housing Act. The Senate bill was originally submitted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, but the House dropped it in its final version of NDAA. The House bill features several components that aim to ease the housing building process and increase access to homes. Much of the language targets multifamily development, including: Managing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish guidelines for states and municipalities to…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The City of Page has rejected a petition seeking to block the land sale associated with a potential $10B, 500-acre data center development. The Arizona Daily Sun reported the City stated last week it rejected the petition under the statutory administrative process because some of the petition signature sheets that were submitted for verification did not have the correct serial number, lacked a serial number and/or did not include a copy of the Page ordinance being opposed. Since the submission did not meet the mandated requirements, officials said none of the signatures were eligible for…

Giving Back 1. The Arizona Builders Alliance held a graduation ceremony on Dec. 4 in Scottsdale to commemorate the graduation of more than 100 construction professionals. The celebration lauded individuals who finished the Leadership Development Forum, Women in Leadership and Emerging Leaders Forum programs. 2. The Lokahi Group is accepting applications for its 2026 Lokahi Scholarship, which will award a $1K scholarship to a graduating Arizona high school senior from the Class of 2026. Eligible applicants must be Arizona residents, plan to attend a four-year college or community college in fall 2026 and have a minimum 3.0 unweighted GPA. Applications…

Sales Transactions 1. Cushman & Wakefield announced it has arranged the sale of the 264.4KSF Pima Center Small Bay Industrial Portfolio, comprised of four buildings located at 8425, 8435, 8455 and 8465 N. 90th St. in Scottsdale. Miramar Capital acquired the portfolio from Mainspring for a reported $62.5M. Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction, and Ross Brown Partners will continue leasing and management. 2. EDF Renewables Development Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Renewables, purchased 2,400 acres southeast of Arizona City for $22.55M. The site is proposed for a utility-scale 250MW solar generation and 250 MW battery energy storage facility. The seller…

Data center developer Beale Infrastructure received two affirmative votes last week that will help advance the company’s planned projects in Pima County. Board Approves Community Benefit Agreement The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with Beale regarding several community benefit investment pledges the company has made in association with its Project Blue data center (aka the Houghton Data Center Project) planned near the Pima County Fairgrounds. Under the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement, Beale will make $15M in community investments and pledges to match all the energy use from the data centers with renewable energy. Beale made…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The Higher Education session of the BEX Leading Market Series is always one of the year’s best attended, and 2025 proved no exception. The audience for the Dec. 16 event was treated to a panel moderated by Cassie Saba, Arizona Higher Education Construction Core Market Lead at event sponsor DPR Construction, and comprised of: Diane Jacobs, Founder of Holly Street Studio; Stephen Schierenberg, Director – Office of University Architect at Arizona State University, and Joshua Wright, Chief Facilities Planning Officer at University of Arizona. Panelists, Projects and Planning One of the unusual features of the…

The Yuma Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval for a requested rezoning to allow a new residential development on 2.8 acres at 1980 W. Colorado Street. T3AZ LLC’s plan will demolish a manufactured home park and construct 53 single- and multifamily units. Dylan Freeman of Precision Structural Concrete and Freeman Development represented the project before the commission. The Yuma City Council approved a General Plan amendment in October, changing the land use designation from low-density residential to high-density residential. The rezoning conforms with the recently approved change. City staff told commissioners the current site plan calls for 53 units,…

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has approved changes to the County’s zoning regulations as part of an effort to modernize its land use approach. Included in the major update are data center definitions officials say will help clarify where the project type is allowed. AZBEX has reported extensively on data center regulation changes in cities and counties around the state. Our coverage is available here. Under Maricopa County’s updates, data centers will be permitted in either IND-2 (general industrial) and IND-3 (heavy industrial) areas. Land not already zoned for data centers will have to go through rezoning on a…