Author: BEX Staff

Giving Back 1. Terracon Consultants Inc. awarded a $6K grant through the Terracon Foundation to the University of Arizona to support undergraduate and graduate geotechnical engineering students in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics. The funding will enhance research opportunities and provide financial assistance. Priority will be given to students in the Accelerated Master’s Program, though all geotechnical-focused students are eligible. Boards & Commissions 2. The National League of Cities Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee recently welcomed its new appointee, Laura Kaino of the Goodyear City Council. Her first day with NLC was Feb. 20. Company…

Sales Transactions 1. Park Brokerage & Commercial Real Estate LLC, in cooperation with ParaSell, Inc., closed the sale of Verde River RV Resort & Cottages, a 197-site RV property in Camp Verde, as part of a seven-property, $97M portfolio sale. The seven-resort portfolio spans five states and totals more than 1,500 sites. The off-market transaction was completed on behalf of an institutional buyer. Seller financing was negotiated as part of the deal structure. 2. The 70-unit Avalon Townhomeswas purchased by Avalon LVP LLC for $30.1M. Bela Flor Communities sold the Build-to-Rent community. The townhome development is located at 13025 W.…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The national and Arizona multifamily market news has been filled for the past 18 months or so with news of market cooling, deliveries outpacing demand after the post-pandemic rush to build, increased vacancies, declining rents, et cetera. To give some of the most current numbers, in its Q4 2025 Phoenix Multifamily MarketBeat report, Cushman and Wakefield reported a 12.8% year-over-year increase in vacancies for Metro Phoenix. 2025 deliveries totaled 20,645 units over the year, which was an 18% decrease from the record deliveries of 2024. Absorption totaled 16,569 units, making it the second-highest year on…

Sedona plans to spend nearly $14M across three projects to ease traffic in its Uptown area and is hoping to secure between $10M and $12M in funding from outside sources. The projects are focused near a ‘Y’ Roundabout at the intersection of State Route 89A and SR 179. They are: Sedona in Motion Project 5E, a $5.4M roundabout at SR 89A and the Forest Road Extension; A $3.1M extension of Ranger Road to connect it to the roundabout, and Sedona in Motion Project 5D: A $5.1M roundabout at Ranger and Brewer roads. The current roundabout at 89A and Brewer Road…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted on Feb. 18 to deny a series of requests from Arevia Power that would have enabled development of the Silver King Energy Center on 8,122 acres of Arizona State Trust Land northeast of Florence. Arevia had requested a minor Comprehensive Plan amendment, rezoning from General Rural to Industrial (I-3) and establishment of a planned area development overlay district. County documents and a local news outlet reported the project would have provided up to 800MW of solar power, 400MW of natural gas thermal generation and 800MW of battery energy…

While an ideal stock market would be one in which activity is fueled by careful analysis and studied responses to market trends, the reality is guesswork, human perception and, sometimes, either overly abundant optimism or outright panic play at least as significant a role. In the last week, commercial real estate stocks, particularly those with a presence in the Office sector, have taken a drubbing as investor worries about the impacts of artificial intelligence and process automation on the need for workspace have come to a quick head. As of Feb. 12, CRE stocks were experiencing their biggest selloff since…

Awards & Accolades 1. Luke Field, a 2.4MSF Class A industrial campus developed by Lincoln Property Company and Goldman Sachs in Glendale, achieved LEED Gold v4 certification, becoming Arizona’s highest-scoring LEED industrial building and surpassing Park303 Phase 2 by one point. Located at the SEC of Litchfield Road and Northern Avenue, the project was designed by Butler Design Group and constructed by Layton Construction. Walmart purchased the 1.3MSF Building C in late 2025 for $152M. Groundbreakings 2. The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin a $129M project Feb. 21-22 to widen Loop 303betweenInterstate 17 and 51st Avenue in north Phoenix.…

The seven basin states have missed the most recent deadline to come to a 20-year agreement on water allocations from the Colorado River. The deadline was set by the Trump administration. Negotiations will likely result in a reduction in water allocations for the Lower Basin states. The three Lower Basin states are Arizona, Nevada and California. The four Upper Basin states are Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. The official schedule indicates a final environmental impact statement and record of decision alongside a negotiated agreement will happen by Oct. 1, or the start of the new water year. Interstate negotiations…

By BEX Staff for AZBEX The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has approved a requested rezoning for 638 acres at the NEC of 491st Avenue and Thomas Road near Tonopah to enable development of a data center site with solar power generation and battery energy storage system facilities. According to project documents and a local news report, the site owners are Grandilla (Arizona) Inc. and Foot Creek Corporation. Ben Heglie of Land Advisors Organization is a director at Grandilla. The owners have requested a Comprehensive Plan amendment from Rural Development Area to Utilities and a rezoning from Rural-43 to Light…

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX Lincoln Avenue Communities is requesting a rezoning of 8.51 acres at the NEC of Lone Tree Road and Pine Knoll Drive in Flagstaff to enable the development of Lone Tree Ranch, a 168-unit affordable housing multifamily community. The property consists of three parcels. Two are currently zoned High-Density Residential with a Resource Protection Overlay. The third is zoned Suburban Commercial with the RPO. LAC has asked that all three carry the high-density zoning. The Flagstaff Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to forward the request to City Council with a recommendation for approval in its…