Planning & Development

By BEX Staff for AZBEX The City of Glendale announced on January 10th it has chosen HOK to modernize the City-owned Gila River Arena. The announcement said, “The entertainment industry has changed dramatically since Gila …

By JLL and BEX Staff JLL Capital Markets announced it has closed the $9.3M sale of an 18-acre prime development site for a to-be-built, two-building, 197KSF speculative industrial property in a last mile-location on West …

By Trammell Crow Company Trammell Crow Company has closed on a 68-acre development site in Goodyear for the development of Cotton Lane Commerce Park. Located at the SWC of Elwood Street and South Cotton Lane, …

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX Once known as a place where grandiose development visions went to fizzle out, where the cart routinely went before the horse and where developers’ and planners’ grasp often exceeded their …

The Gilbert Planning Commission recently considered two proposed infill multifamily developments totaling 354 units. Fred’s Place would build 93 units on nearly 14.5 acres at the NEC of Williams Field and Recker roads in Cooley …

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX Plans are underway for a major residential addition to John F. Long Properties’ Algodón Center in the West Valley. Western Garden is planned as a two-phase development that will ultimately …

The Casa Grande Planning and Zoning Commission is considering two new industrial proposals this week. The first concerns a 100-acre parcel south of the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway purchased by construction company Walbridge in November for …

By Tenet Health for Abrazo Health Abrazo Health has acquired property to develop a medical campus on 27 acres near the SWC of I-10 and Verrado Way. The initial phase of the development is expected …

Caliber Companies is planning a 12-building, 144-unit apartment development on 2.5 acres in Mesa. Commons of Mesa will be located on 2nd Avenue between Robson and MacDonald streets. The proposed mix is 48 one-bedroom and …

A Wyndham hotel under the dual Wingate-Hawthorn brand earned a recommendation for approval to City Council last month from the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board. The 4.5-acre site near Pecos and Sossaman roads is owned …

Hines and partner New York Life Insurance Company are teaming up to develop the 160-unit Build-to Rent community Enclave Point in Surprise. Construction on the 12.9-acre project is expected to start in Q4, with completion …

By Sterling Real Estate Partners Sterling Real Estate Partners recently acquired Hotel Tucson City Center in an off-market transaction with plans to convert the hotel into market-rate apartments. Originally built in the 1960s, the 278-unit …

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX The age-old equation of jobs + amenities + rooftops = highly charged regional growth is seeing a textbook example playing out in the area of Goodyear’s Ballpark Village. With the …

A new mixed-use development has been proposed at the NEC of Yuma Road and Estrella Parkway near Goodyear Ballpark. HCW Development intends to create Ballpark Village Northeast – a $150M project that will feature residential, …

A major project to improve traffic flow and mitigate flood risks on the 67th Avenue Corridor between Happy Valley and Pinnacle Peak roads will pick up steam in 2022. Some improvements have already been made …

Plans to demolish a historic hotel site near Van Buren Street and Grand Avenue to develop a new technology-focused modern destination hotel have preservationists and developers at odds. The 600 W. Van Buren site, once …

By Roland Murphy for AZBEX As has been pointed out on these pages before, when a word is used to describe every situation in the news, it loses its impact. Specifically, when everything is a …

Yuma County has agreed on a plan to remodel and expand the Health Department’s existing space on W. 28th Street, adding a new building that will share a lobby with the current facility. The $17M …

By Dermody Properties Dermody Properties announced the acquisition of 961 acres of land in El Mirage, which will be developed into one of the largest industrial parks in Arizona’s history, with initial development expected to …

Officials from the City of Tempe will meet in a closed session this week to discuss the Arizona Coyotes’ controversial proposal to build a $1.7B arena and mixed-use entertainment district on City-owned land at Priest …

The second phase of the Cannon Beach mixed-use entertainment property at Power and Warner roads will feature a commercial and retail center on 6.7 acres, according to a recent presentation to the Mesa Design Review …

By Roland “The Grinch” Murphy for AZBEX The Season comes ‘round Same time every year, And we all look forward To holiday cheer. But some agencies’ spirit Falls in a black hole Their holiday deadlines …

By Capital Asset Management Capital Development Group, the development wing of Capital Asset Management, has closed escrow on the first two of five Build-to-Rent projects. The first two projects are in Arizona cities most in …