Author: BEX Staff

By Brenna Bailey for Arizona Daily Star A new high school is in the works for Tucson’s south side that would give hundreds of teens the opportunity to work toward industry certifications while earning a high school diploma. The high school, dubbed the JTED Innovative Learning Campus, will offer industry training in disciplines including culinary arts, medical assisting, mechatronics and more in a 50KSF “collaborative” learning space. The project is being led by the Pima Joint Technological Education District in partnership with Tucson’s largest school districts. The campus, planned for the NWC of Park Avenue and Interstate 10, will cost…

Sales Transactions 1. AllianceBernstein shelled out $211M for a 12-property, 2,182-unit portfolio of apartments. The seller was Western Wealth Capital. The portfolio consists of: Edgewater – 102 S. 4th Ave, Avondale: $21.75M Sandal Ridge – 645 N. Country Club Dr. Mesa: $19.9M Terrace Park – 8130 W. Indian School Rd, Phoenix: $20.1M Brookside – 6131 W. Thomas Rd, Phoenix: $17.8M Marble Creek – 5601 W. McDowell Rd, Phoenix: $21.65M Villa Serena – 4221 W. Dunlap Ave., Phoenix: $12.1M Urban Trails – 1620 W. Southern Ave., Mesa: $16.4M Penny Lane – 544 E. Southern Ave., Mesa: $14.25M Montego – 949 S.…

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX Gilmore Planning & Landscape Architecture, on behalf of property owners Crisko, LLC and Kay L. Toolson, Trustee of the Kay and Judy Toolson Joint Revocable Trust UAD, recently submitted an application to the City of Mesa to rezone approximately 35.9 acres for the development of two industrial warehouse buildings located west of Hawes Road on the north side of Ray Road. The City of Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Board approved the request to rezone the property from Agricultural to Light Industrial with a Planned Area Development and a second request for site plan approval at…

Giving Back 1. Thanks to a creative way to test passenger weight on the new Gilbert Road light rail extension, Valley Metro, along with project contractors, Stacy & Witbeck and Sundt, donated tons of water to United Food Bank. The donation of 55 pallets, or 115,500 bottles of water will be distributed to unsheltered and homeless people during the extreme heat of the summer. Awards & Accolades 2. Alliance Residential Company has been awarded a Platinum level Phoenix Green Business Leader certification from the City of Phoenix. Alliance is the first multifamily company in Phoenix to achieve the Green Business…

Awards & Accolades 1. The AC Hotel by Marriott Tucson Downtown has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 2018 New Construction and Major Renovations certification. LEED certification identifies the hotel as a showcase example of environmental design. Groundbreakings 2. A shipping-container housing project called Stackhouse is ready to break ground at 941 N. Stone Ave., Tucson. All of Stackhouse partners are Tucson-based: architect Randel Jacob, manufacturer PVB Fabrications and web designer Nine25 Design LLC. 3. Abrazo Community Health Network announced it will start construction on a new 32.5KSF micro-hospital at 16815 W Bell Rd in Surprise.…

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The City of Mesa approved another project planned for the Mesa Elliot Technology Park at its March 20th Planning and Zoning Board meeting. Owner, Sunbelt Investment Holdings, Inc. had requested a site plan review approval as well as approval of a Special Use Permit in order to develop two new general industrial buildings totaling approximately 286KSF at the NWC of Elliot Road and Ellsworth Road. The buildings will sit on the southwest 18.56 acres of the available 67.5 gross acres of undeveloped land. Each building will be approximately 143KSF and each unit will house a…

Source: 1784 Capital Holdings Scottsdale-based 1784 Capital Holdings, LLC, has purchased five acres located at 4725 E. Dynamite Blvd. in Cave Creek, Arizona. The developer of high-end self-storage facilities plans to create a state-of-the-art facility on the site. “This area in the northern portion of Metro Phoenix is one of the fastest growing in the state,” says Shane Albers, Chairman and CEO of 1784 Capital Holdings. “As residential and business growth continues to expand in the area, we see an opportunity to provide much-needed, high quality storage facilities. We provide a superior customer experience, unparalleled amenities, cleanliness and security.” The…

Sales Transactions 1. Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap announced the $52M sale of Alta Midtown, a 225-unit apartment complex in Midtown Phoenix. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the seller, Wood Partners, and procured the buyer, FSC Realty. 2. Maravilla Apartments, a 225-unit multifamily community at 13621 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale sold this month for $37M. The NorthMarq Multifamily team of Trevor Koskovich, Jesse Hudson, and Bill Hahn represented both the seller, Renue Desert Gardens II, LLC, an entity formed by Renue Properties and the buyer, Keller Investment Properties, LLC. 3. Studio 710,…

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The City of Goodyear received requests to rezone approximately 159 acres on the west side of Bullard Avenue for the development of yet another new data center. Compass Data Centers submitted a request to rezone 103 acres at the NWC of Bullard Avenue and Yuma Road, extending to about half a mile south of Van Buren Street, from I-1 (Light Industrial Park) and C-2 (General Commercial to Light Industrial Park with a PAD Overlay. A second request was submitted to rezone 56 acres on the west side of Bullard Avenue, three-eighths of a mile south…

By Sammy Williams for AZBEX Aspirant Development of Scottsdale is banking on the Uptown Phoenix revitalization boom with the announcement a 650-unit self storage facility. Uptown 7th Self Storage will be located at 6316 N. 7th Street, on the SWC of 7th Street and Maryland Avenue. The facility consists of a single building, two stories above grade and one story below, with access exclusively from inside of the building and a gated entry. Each floor will be roughly 40KSF and a leasing office within the building will manage the facility. Uptown 7th Self Storage will occupy a 2.09-acre space that…