Author: BEX Staff

In a recent capital improvement project budget work session, City of Chandler Utilities Director John Knudson presented two major projects with current cost estimates of at least $182M over the next several years. The first is a 66-inch diameter pipe sewer project on Price Road. Referred to in the City’s documentation as the Santan Freeway Redundant 66-inch Sewer Line, the project will run a 66-inch wastewater line under the Loop 202 freeway. Temporary bypass lines will be laid out along surface streets during the development. Estimated costs for the project are approximately $41M, of which $29M can be paid with…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX The Chandler Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of a planned area development zoning amendment and preliminary development plan approval request for Irgens Ascend, a two-building planned industrial development on 20.5 acres in the Chandler Airport Center. The proposal covers the two-building first phase of what is planned as a five-building development at Cooper Road and Northrop Blvd. The PAD amendment will allow for a 75.8KSF Floor and Decor showroom, referred to as Building A in the supporting materials. Building A will be slightly more than 35 feet in height and provide 141 parking…

By Associated Builders and Contractors Associated Builders and Contractors and its Florida First Coast chapter have filed suit in federal court to stop the Biden administration’s unlawful scheme to mandate project labor agreements on construction contracts procured by federal agencies. ABC’s complaint asserts that President Joe Biden lacks the legal and constitutional authority to impose a new federal regulation injuring the economy and efficiency in federal contracting and illegally steering construction contracts to certain unionized contractors, which employ roughly 10% of the U.S. construction workforce. ABC estimates the Biden pro-PLA policy will affect at least 180 federal construction contracts valued…

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX Airport-owned land has taken flight as prime real estate for the burgeoning private aviation and aerospace industries. Development deals are happening from Eloy to Scottsdale, Phoenix Mesa-Gateway to Falcon Field to meet the needs of growing industries. Publicly owned airport land provides a unique opportunity for the public entity to secure a deal to build revenue-generating space and create jobs, while the developer can secure space to operate that allows them to perform activities not suitable for any other property, unless, of course, they are on an airport runway. Why Arizona? Great Flying Weather Arizona…

Rising costs for Peoria’s portions of Northern Parkway have led City staff to redesign portions of the roadway. Northern Parkway is a 12.5-mile connector between U.S. 60 and Loop 303 in the West Valley. While overseen by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation, the $315.8M project—funded under the Proposition 400 transportation sales tax—involves Peoria, El Mirage and Glendale as well. Peoria is partially responsible for two portions of the roadway: 91st Avenue to 99th Avenue and 99th Avenue to the Agua Fria River. Rising construction and development costs have put those two segments at between $25M and $26M over their…

The City of Scottsdale wants to renovate 15 different road sections, nearly all of which are north of Shea Blvd. Twelve of the projects on the wish list have valuations of more than $5M, and all of them are at least partially dependent on voter approval of Proposition 479, the latest renewal of Maricopa County’s half-cent transportation sales tax. The renewal, which was the subject of extensive back-and-forth struggles between the Legislature and two Governors, will go to voters in the November general election. Key to Scottsdale’s road plans is the County’s Arterial Life Cycle Program. The City has made…

Awards & Accolades 1. Crystal Rubin of Avenue Consultants has been named the 2024 WTS Metro Phoenix Member of the Year. She currently serves on the chapter Board of Directors as Business Development Director. Thanks to her efforts, the chapter has raised tens of thousands of dollars for scholarships in the past two years. 2. The National Utility Contractors Association has awarded Yvonne Bland of Core & Main LP their “NUCA Associate Member of the Year” Award, honoring her work on behalf of the industry. Bland has worked for NUCA National Partner Core & Main for more than 36 years.…

Sales Transactions 1. Sila Realty Trust, Inc. purchased a five facility healthcare portfolio comprised of four locations in Arizona and one in Texas. The portfolio is fully leased by Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Two of the facilities under the brand Abrazo Health are located in the Phoenix metro area. Prices, sizes and locations for the Phoenix-area facilities were not given. The two others in Arizona operate under Carondelet Health and consist of The Micro-Hospital ($16.1M, 30.22KSF) in Marana and The Medical Emergency Center ($15.95M, 32.45KSF) in Tucson. 2. Aldi sold 4.86 acres of a vacant lot near Country Club and Baseline…

A new 24.9-acre, two-building technology campus has been proposed in the Mesa Elliot Technology Park near Ellsworth and Elliot roads in Mesa. While specifics on the plan are still scarce at this stage, a project proposal was filed by C&H Associates LLC on behalf of G. AI Solutions LLC, which appears to tie back to a Singapore address. The plan details call for the development of the two buildings in separate phases. Phase I would construct Building A, planned for two stories and a total of 320KSF. Space would be divided into 288KSF for “computer uses” and 32KSF for office…

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX Last month, The Richman Group withdrew its proposed housing development from a Guadalupe Town Council agenda after losing what had previously been enthusiastic and unanimous support. Town Commons was originally proposed as 230 units of affordable housing, with 60 of those units set aside for senior living. There was a commercial component on the SEC of Guadalupe Road and South Avenida del Yaqui. As originally reported in AZBEX, this would have been the first new development project to come to the Town in more than seven years (as far back as the DATABEX project database…