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 work includes adding travel lanes and constructing direct freeway-to-freeway ramps at the I-17 interchange. The project is the first Valley freeway improvement funded through the Maricopa Association of Governments’ Proposition 479 regional transportation plan approved in 2024.
3. The Moreland, a 237-unit affordable housing community at 325 E. Moreland in downtown Phoenix, has officially broken ground. The three-building development will offer studio-to-three-bedroom units. The first phase, comprising 132 units, is slated for completion in December 2027. The project is advancing through a public-private partnership supported by private mortgage financing, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, City of Phoenix funding and more than $18M investment from CVS Health.
4. CORE Construction broke ground Feb. 10 onFire Station 198 in Peoria. The 15.1KSF fire and medical station near Vistancia Blvd. and White Peak Drive is the City of Peoria’s first new fire station in two decades. The $17.6M project was designed by Pearlman Architects Phoenix and is funded through Fire/EMS development impact fees, general obligation bonds, the general fund and the City of Peoria’s capital improvement budget. The facility will include 12 dorm rooms and is expected to open next year.
Completions
5. The Arizona Commerce Authority invested $35.5M to expand the cleanroom at the University of Arizona’s Nanofabrication Core Facility in Tucson. The facility is operated by the University’s Office of Research and Partnerships and the Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Feb. 17 at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building at 1230 E. Speedway.
6. The Goddard School of Peoria has opened following five months of construction and renovations to a former Tutor Time building on West Deer Valley Road. The early childhood education center accommodates 150 students and includes 10 classrooms. Owners JoEllen Johnson and Kimberly Camarillo hosted a ribbon-cutting Jan. 31 with the City of Peoria and the Peoria Chamber of Commerce.