Economic Development

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX  Next month, the BEX research team will present detailed market analytics at the fourth annual Construction Forecast Event. The topic will be an exclusive and deep analysis of the next three years of the Arizona …

In 2018, DPR Construction and consultant group Site Plus studied seven successful California healthcare projects to determine what they had in common and establish a template for execution. The team has recently released an update – “Rx for a Successful …

By Joe Dyton for The Broker List  Mall owner Simon Property Group and Amazon are in talks to turn J.C. Penney and Sears stores into distribution centers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Both department store chains filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed stores across the country. …

By Yevgeniy Sverdlik for Data Center Knowledge  Microsoft is using its data center construction project in Arizona as a showcase for both the company’s new focus on water conservation and the power of its HoloLens augmented reality hardware in combination with Azure.  …

By Victoria Harker for Chamber Business News  Arizona is positioned for a faster economic recovery than the rest of the nation, and with some strategic moves on the part of state policymakers and citizens, it …

By Blake Herzog for Golden Corridor Living  An 18-month study being launched by Pinal County and the University of Arizona will plot out the county’s future industrial development by identifying where different types of businesses should go for their …

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX  The diversity of East Valley cities was on full display at the August 12th, 2020 Leading Market Series discussion hosted by BEX. Economic development directors from the cities of Mesa and Scottsdale, along with the Town of …

By Angela Gonzales for Phoenix Business Journal  In an effort to bring more affordable housing units to Arizona, a group of health care CEOs have gotten together to create a $100M fund to help finance these construction …

By Kelsi Maree Borland for GlobeSt.com  The pandemic isn’t deterring investment in Phoenix, at least not for CapRock Partners. CapRock has pinpointed Phoenix as a target market for industrial investment and development, and it expects the market to continue …

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX  On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, BEX held a panel discussion regarding upcoming retail, hospitality, and entertainment projects in the Valley and beyond. Participants included Jeff Mills, Project Executive for PENTA Building Group, Dave Sellers, …

By Erin Thornburn for AZ Big Media  Remember the lyrics from Janet Jackson’s “Love Would Never Do (Without You)?”  “They said it wouldn’t last. We had to prove them wrong … There’s no easy explanation for it. …

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX  On Wednesday, July 8th, nearly 80 people attended the BEX Virtual Leading Market Series discussion highlighting current and upcoming economic development happenings in the Central and West Valley of Phoenix. Panelists included Lori German, Communications …

By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa for Pinal Central  Another electric vehicle company was scouting for locations for a factory and technical center in Arizona last week and Casa Grande was on its list of spots to check out.  Electra Meccanica, a …

Source: Maricopa County Planning and Development  There’s not a lot of good economic news out there these days, but data from Maricopa County Planning and Development Department shows some encouraging signs for the nation’s fastest-growing county.  Building …

By Farah Eltohamy for Cronkite News  Buckeye got bumped from the top spot for population growth rate in 2019, but its 56.6 percent population increase since 2010 was still enough to make it the second-fastest growing city …

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX  Business as usual will not last long. As Arizona construction projects continue for the most part, a near total economic shutdown is happening all around us. The abrupt economic shock is …

By George W. Hammond for AZ Big Media  There is still a huge amount of uncertainty about the future of the outbreak and the economic impacts on the Arizona economy associated with it. Regarding the outbreak, the …

By BEX Staff for AZBEX   According to the latest biannual “RLB Crane Index” from construction monitoring and advisory firm Rider Levett Bucknall, cranes visible across the Phoenix skyline tripled coming into the first half of 2020.  “Tripling its cranes since …

By Jen Fifield for The Arizona Republic  Up until this month, many Arizona cities were riding high on good times.  Populations were growing, jobs were booming, and cash was flowing in.  Cities were preparing to put …

By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa for Casa Grande Dispatch Casa Grande is booming and the future is bright, Mayor Craig McFarland said at his annual state of the city address. City housing permits are up 322 percent …

By Bennito L. Kelty for Yuma Sun Officials are keeping a close eye on Arizona House Bill 2814, with the hopes of alleviating the inequality between rural and urban economic development in Arizona. “There’s one area of …

By Mark Nothaft for AZ Big Media Over the past 15 years, the City of Glendale has invested more than $400M in infrastructure improvements to create a world-class environment for businesses large and small to …

By Steve Burks for AZ Big Media Since 2015, 49 California companies have chosen to set up shop in Arizona, a remarkable number. Well, recently, that number jumped to 50, as H.E.R.O.S. Inc., an industry …