Author: BEX Staff

Giving Back 1. Salt River Project crews returned to remote areas of the Navajo Nation to provide reliable electricity to 12 families in the areas of Dilkon and Tuba City. The effort was part of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Mutual Aid Training 2025, a branch of the Light Up Navajo initiative. 2. Valley Partnership has selected ACCEL as the beneficiary of its 38th Annual Community Project. The organization will host a Community Project Day of Action on Nov. 8 at ACCEL School at Metro in Phoenix, where volunteers will complete facility improvements benefiting children and adults with developmental disabilities.…

Sales Transactions 1. Axis Raintree, a 179.4KSF office building at 8605 E. Raintree Dr. in Scottsdale, was purchased by an entity tracing to D.R. Horton for $70.7M. Trammell Crow Company sold the office building. The seller was represented by CBRE’s Jenny Knowlton and JLL’s Charlie von Arentschildt. Cushman & Wakefield’s Brad Anderson and Mike Strittmatter represented the buyer. 2. The 210-unit Cimarron Apartments property in downtown Mesa was recently purchased by Rockwell Property Company for $33M. 3. Sares Regis Group sold Monument, a 163-unit multifamily community in Chandler, for $46M. The property at 2300 W. Pecos Road was purchased by…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX More than 200 attendees packed the Desert Willow Conference Center in Phoenix this week for the BEX 2025 Public Works Conference—the year’s most comprehensive discussion on public construction and development projects in Arizona. Master of ceremonies Jamie Schindeldecker, business development director of Speedie & Associates, welcomed the crowd, outlined the day’s events and dove immediately into the content as she introduced the first speaker: BEX President and Founder Rebekah Morris. To set the stage, Morris recapped the macroeconomic indicators currently influencing the Arizona construction industry. Among her most recently updated findings: Public infrastructure projects total…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX Roers Companies has requested a conditional use permit to allow development of a 300-unit affordable housing multifamily community near the SEC of Idaho Road and the alignment for Scenic Street. The 14-gross-acre Roers 88 North is part of a larger area owned by Bela Flor Communities. Bela Flor is planning its own 210-unit development, 88 North, south of the Roers site. Representatives of Bela Flor spoke in favor of Roers’ planned development at the Oct. 28 Apache Junction Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Roers plans to use Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to develop the property.…

Gallium LLC and Elevate Companies are proposing a seven-story luxury apartment community called The Amara at 602 E. Grant St. in Phoenix. The $100M apartment complex is designed by DXA Studio. It will be constructed on a 2.3-acre site across the street from the Arizona State University Grant Street Studios. The Amara will feature roughly 15KSF of retail and amenities on the ground floor. Amenities include a padel court, gym, pool and wellness center. The first two stories will also hold parking. Roughly 400 parking spaces are planned. Floors three-through-seven will have residential units. Developers said the project is targeted…

Groundbreakings 1. The City of Litchfield Park has broken ground on a $5M, 10KSF public library at 5390 N. Litchfield Road near the historic La Loma hilltop. The facility will replace the City’s 1979 library and is expected to open in fall 2026. Haydon Companies is the general contractor. ADM Group Inc. is the architect. The project is funded through the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’Community Solutions Fund. 2. LGE Design Build has begun site work for Skyport at Redfield Hangars, a 62KSF aviation development on 3.5 acres at 7600 E. Redfield Road in Scottsdale. The project will include four…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The Phoenix City Council is set to consider rezoning 12.4 acres at 19th and Montebello avenues, adding momentum to an ongoing effort to generate transit-oriented redevelopment near the expanded light rail. In a request scheduled to be heard Nov. 6, the City of Phoenix Public Transit Department is seeking to rezone the property at the SEC of the intersection from Intermediate Commercial, Interim Transit-Oriented Zoning Overlay District One to Walkable Urban Code, Transect 5:6 District, Transit Solano Character Area to allow for mixed-use, commercial and residential redevelopment. According to the staff report, “The site is…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX The Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of a Comprehensive Plan amendment that will enable Copia Power to develop a large-scale energy development on unincorporated land southwest of Selma Highway and Midway Road. The Griffin Energy Project proposal is a 2,685-acre solar and battery energy storage system development planned to feed the Energy Generation and Technology Campus from W Holdings, which was also reviewed and recommended in the Oct. 16 meeting. Local news reports say the energy project is expected to provide up to 550MW through the solar and battery components and…

By National Association of Home Builders According to the 2023 American Community Survey, the median age of construction labor force is 42 years old—one year older than a typical worker in the national labor force. However, the construction industry has seen an increase in younger skilled labor since the peak of the skilled labor shortage in 2021. Geographic Differences The median age of construction labor force varies from state to state. The states with the highest median ages are: Alaska (46 years old), Connecticut (45 years old), and Maine (45 years old). In the central part of the country, however,…

Giving Back 1. Bergelectric’s Phoenix Region hosted a charitable event at Topgolf Scottsdale, raising more than $20K for the Sojourner Center, which provides safety, shelter and support to individuals and families affected by domestic violence. 2. Brycon employees recently volunteered with Feed My Starving Children, a non-profit that provides food and supplies to children in need around the world. Awards & Accolades 3. Tech Parks Arizona has been awarded the 2025 Golden Prospector Award of Merit from the Arizona Association for Economic Development for 30 years of innovation, growth and success. The award was presented at the AAED Fall Forum…