Author: BEX Staff

A 209-room hotel could be the next hospitality and lodging project to go up in Glendale’s Westgate entertainment district. NCG Hospitality is planning the seven-story Moxy Hotel by Marriott at the NWC of Maryland and 95th avenues where it already has three hotels in operation. Along with its 209 guest rooms, the 95.6KSF hotel will include a resort-style pool, bars and an outdoor patio. Plans also call for rooftop bars or restaurants, a rarity in the Westgate area. Project representatives say site work could begin early next year, with vertical construction starting next summer. Opening would be targeted for the…

By Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity Governor Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity announced the launch of ReadyTechGo, a collection of Arizona colleges focused on training students for in-demand careers in advanced manufacturing. The network is part of the State of Arizona’s strategy to attract more Arizonans to the advanced manufacturing industry and fill thousands of tech jobs at large-scale employers. ReadyTechGo’s four colleges offer an Automated Industrial Technology program that provides students with essential skills for jobs in advanced manufacturing, a growing industry characterized by technology and robotics. The curriculum is front-loaded so that students can…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX – BEXclusive A new 75-unit apartment development could be on the way in the Biltmore area of Phoenix. 4401 Turney Villas LLC, which traces to the Cranmer Family Decedent’s Trust, has a hearing scheduled this week before the Camelback East Village Planning Committee to consider a request to rezone the 1.82-acre site at the NEC of Turney Avenue and 21st Street from R-3 multifamily to R-5 multifamily. The planned unit mix for the Turney Villas Apartments calls for 10 studios, 23 one-bedrooms and 42 seven two-bedroom apartments. The maximum building height would be four stories…

Having withdrawn a plan to build a 1,000-acre, $14B data center campus in western Maricopa County in the Buckeye planning area in April, Tract is now planning a new 1,700-acre complex in Buckeye south of Interstate 10. If built as described, the new multiphase, master-planned Tract development will be the largest data center project in the Phoenix area. Buckeye City Council will vote this week on a major amendment to an existing master plan for an area known as Cipriani that will, if approved, create the Buckeye Tech Corridor. The amendment will permit data center development and other industrial uses…

By Associated Builders and Contractors The construction industry added 25,000 jobs on net in July, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has expanded by 239,000 jobs, an increase of 3.0%. Nonresidential construction employment increased by 16,200 positions on net, with growth in all three subcategories. Nonresidential specialty trade contractors added the most jobs, increasing by 11,300 positions. Heavy and civil engineering and nonresidential building added 2,900 and 2,000 jobs, respectively. The construction unemployment rate rose to 3.9% in July. Unemployment across all…

Giving Back 1. Willmeng Construction, Inc. recently held the 4th Annual Builders Cup, hosting 150 clients. The winning team consisted of Bruce Scott, Brad Hoeder, Beer Kalub and Spencer Nast. The charity golf event raised more than $200K in support of Treasure House, a Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation that serves as a home for adults with developmental disabilities. Awards & Accolades 2. Arizona Masonry Council honored Martin Martinez with the 2024 Clem Hellmann Leadership Award at its annual meeting. The award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the masonry community through leadership and involvement in…

Sale Transactions 1. Macerich Co. announced the sale of its 50% stake in Biltmore Fashion Park to RED Development. In an earnings call, Macerich said the sale let the company realize a $110M reduction in its overall debt. 2. Creation sold Midway Commerce Center, a nearly 302KSF master-planned industrial center in Chandler, for $57M. Longpoint Realty Partners was the buyer. Will Strong and Molly Hunt of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale. Ken McQueen, Chris McClurg and Blake Peters of Lee & Associates supported the leasing efforts. LGE Design Build was the general contractor. 3. Healthcare Property Advisors, an entity…

A pair of affordable multifamily developments from the Roers Company will come before the Casa Grande Planning and Zoning Commission this week for site plan and other considerations. The developer is requesting two major site plan approvals for projects on 23.2 acres near Peart Road and O’Neil Drive in the area of G-Diamond Ranch. The first project is a 191-unit, 55-plus age-restricted community on 8.2 acres. The development would have one three-story building. The second is a 216-unit standard apartment complex with nine three-story buildings and a single-story community building. Unit sizes would be two-, three- or four-bedroom configurations. Both…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX As you might expect, we have an incredible volume of market reports and news articles coming in every week talking about how wonderfully or terribly (depending on the source and the issue) a given sector is performing at the moment. This has, apparently, been the week for Multifamily. Knowing that many of our readers are on many of the same lists that we are, we decided to take this space to save you the trouble of reading them all and provide a quick summary of what everyone else is saying and to cap it off…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX The Mesa Design Review Board will consider and vote on plans for two fire stations at its Aug. 13 meeting. Fire Station No. 223 is planned as a four-bay station on 3.18 acres of a larger 13.67-acre parcel at 3310 E. McDowell Road. The station’s exterior style is based on Mesa’s existing Fire Station 221. The 13.1KSF, single-story building will feature four apparatus bays, a 10-space dorm, bathrooms, a kitchen and dining area, office space, equipment storage areas, a turn-out room, a decontamination room, a conditioning room and general support areas. There will also be…