Author: BEX Staff

By National Association of Home Builders The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a final rule revising its personal protective equipment fit requirements for the construction industry. The revised standard will go into effect on Jan. 13, 2025. According to a U.S. Department of Labor news release, the revision to the standard adds specific language requiring that employers provide PPE that “properly fits” construction industry workers, and the change aligns the construction industry standard with the standard already in place for general industry. The news release also states this matter has been a longstanding industry safety concern—particularly among some…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX Offices and parking garages at Canyon Corporate Center—an office complex on Dunlap Avenue east of I-17 and the former Metrocenter Mall, will be redeveloped into nearly 400 multifamily units under an adaptive reuse proposal currently under review by the City of Phoenix. Caliber Companies bought the Opportunity Zone-located property from ViaWest Group in September, paying “in the low $20M range,” according to local news reports at the time. The same article said Caliber expected to invest at least $40M in renovations and improvements that could ultimately yield as many as 700 units. Caliber CEO Chris…

Awards & Accolades 1. Information Management Network announced its 2024 Single-Family Rental Award winners. Lifestyle Homes was named the Architect, Engineer & Construction ServiceCompany of the Year. Lifestyle Homes provides general contracting services with a specialization in Build-to-Rent communities. 2. Camelot Homes was named 2024 Builder of the Year by Pro Builder Media. Pro Builder Media visited the company’s headquarters this past summer to learn more about its operations. Pro Builder Media recognizes one home builder every year. Boards & Commissions 3. NAI Horizon announced Joan Krueger has been appointed to the SRP Customer Utility Panel. Krueger was appointed at…

Sales Transactions 1. Cushman & Wakefield announced it advised the sale of an approximately 322.1KSF industrial asset located at 7980-7990 W. Buckeye Road in Tolleson. The fully leased facility was acquired for approximately $48.8M by SENTRE. The seller was Brennan Investment Group. C&W’s Phil Haenel, Will Strong, Foster Bundy and Katie Repine represented the seller. 2. ABI Multifamily announced the $21.1M sale of Cabo del Sol Apartments. The 136-unit multifamily community is located on S. Midvale Park Road just north of W. Drexel Road. Both the buyer and the seller were represented by ABI’s Alon Shnitzer, Rue Bax, Eddie Chang,…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The Casa Grande Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended City Council deny a requested rezoning for Courtyard Apartments at 2060 N. Trekell Road. Owner FLM Enterprises, Inc. had requested a rezoning from multifamily to planned area development to allow the construction of 32 additional units on the 11.16-acre property. According to the submitted project narrative, recent General Plan amendments have been implemented that designate Trekell Road at East Korsten Road a community corridor, which would increase the maximum allowable density with a PAD to 25 units/acre. With 244 units already on site, the current density…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX As Scottsdale continues winding down its increasingly anti-multifamily development path, its latest flagship fight continues to heat up. Axon Enterprise, Inc. one of the city’s largest employers, has proposed a 400KSF-plus corporate headquarters/manufacturing facility and a nearly 1.6MSF corporate campus on approximately 57 acres near Hayden Road and Mayo Blvd. in north Scottsdale. In addition to the headquarters facility, the plan calls for nearly 1,900 apartment and condominium units, five retail buildings of up to five floors each, another three-story retail building, a 435-room hotel and seven restaurants. The campus investment is estimated at $1.3B…

By Roland Murphy The 2024 BEX Leading Market Series Higher Education Capital Projects event took a slightly different turn this year with a primary focus on current and upcoming projects from Arizona State University and market trend insights from leading design firm Architekton. The event took place this week at SkySong in Scottsdale with a panel comprised of: Cassie Saba (Robertson), SW Regional Prefab Leader at DPR Construction (Moderator); Tom Lyons, Assistant VP, Capital Programs Management Group at ASU, and Rachel G. Rasmussen, Partner at Architekton. After brief introductions from BEX Founder and President Rebekah Morris and Moderator Saba, Lyons…

A City of Flagstaff planner presented a proposal for a new site for a U.S. federal courthouse at 1535 W. Route 66 during a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. If built, this would be the first federal courthouse in northern Arizona. Currently, if a Flagstaff resident is summoned to jury duty in a federal case, they must travel out of the area. A new federal courthouse would prevent that circumstance. The proposed courthouse would be approximately 38.4KSF on an approximately 4.1-acre site. The three-story building would include offices, meeting spaces and two courtrooms. The first floor would consist of meeting…

In a 5-0 vote, the Yuma Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a conditional use permit that will enable the construction of 12 two-story multifamily-style buildings on 8.14 acres at the SWC of East 30th Street and Avenue 6E. Avila Construction submitted the request on behalf of Tanimura and Antle CA General Partnership. The 183 two-bedroom units can house up to 1,464 people and will be provided for the exclusive use of farmworkers employed during the September-February harvesting season. Some nearby residents had expressed concern about potential traffic impacts, particularly upon access and egress for a nearby RV park. Tanimura…

By Associated Builders and Contractors Associated Builders and Contractors reported its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 8.4 months in November, according to an ABC member survey conducted November 20th to December 3rd. The reading is down 0.1 months from November 2023. Backlog in the infrastructure category contracted in November, though it is still the only category with higher backlog on a year-over-year basis. ABC’s Construction Confidence Index readings for sales, profit margins and staffing levels improved in November. The readings for all three components remain above the threshold of 50, indicating expectations for growth over the next six months.…