Arizona Projects 11-22-19
Awards & Accolades 1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized 30 clean water and 25 drinking water infrastructure projects for excellence within the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs. Among those recognized is the innovative water reuse project being in the Town of Marana in Southern Arizona. […]
Opportunities Approaching for Maricopa County
By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX Maricopa County Facilities Management continues to build facilities that serve the community with plans for upcoming capital projects at two animal care and control facilities and the Southeast Consolidated Justice Center and Adult Probation Facility. According to the annual Capital Improvement Program research recently completed by BEX staff, Maricopa County […]
Eloy Changes Zone for Proposed Business Park
By Maria Vasquez for Eloy Enterprise Last month Community Development Director Jon Vlaming presented City Council with a draft of amendments made by city staff as well as a private landowner. City staff was involved in updating selected elements and chapters while the private landowner requested a land use map change from light industrial to […]
State Route 24 Expanding in East Valley
By Alison Steinbach for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Department of Transportation plans to extend State Route 24 in southeast Mesa, given its proximity to the growing Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport region. The plan is to add another five miles to Ironwood Drive in Pinal County. State and federal agencies are finalizing design plans, and road […]
Maricopa County Looking Ahead with Transportation
By Chris Caraveo for Independent Newsmedia Maricopa County officials are looking ahead to another five years of planning for roadway improvements. The Maricopa County Department of Transportation is doing so through the Transportation System Plan 2040. The plan sets the framework of the future transportation system as population, development, technology, and other factors impact the […]
Busy Times. Where to Start?
By Roland Murphy for ABI Multifamily As a reporter and an analyst, you are always on the lookout for things like riots, fires and mudslides because they’re riveting to report and write about. As someone who actually cares about the areas you cover, you want things to be slow, incremental and even placid. Q3 gave […]
Construction Input Prices Unchanged in October
Source: Associated Builders and Contractors Construction input prices remained unchanged on a monthly basis in October but are down 2.2 percent year-over-year, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released. Nonresidential construction input prices fell 0.1 percent for the month and are down 2.0 […]
Industry Professionals 11-19-19
Awards & Accolades 1. Gould Evans + Canary was honored with the 2019 AIA Arizona Firm of the Year award. Notable award-winning and current projects include the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community Justice Center, the reimagining of Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium, The Biodesign Institute A+B at Arizona State University, the City of Phoenix […]
Commercial Real Estate Transactions 11-19-19
Sales Transactions 1. Knightvest Capital purchased Indigo Palms (now Oxford Apartments), a 432-unit, 404K+SF garden style multi-housing community in Phoenix, for $75M. Director Mike Higgins of JLL Capital Markets represented the buyer. JLL’s Capital Markets debt placement team representing the new owner consisted of Senior Director Brad Miner, Senior Managing Director Andy Scott and Director […]
LMS Dives into The Growing Data Center Market
By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The latest topic in the BEX Leading Market Series found attendees gathered at SkySong in Scottsdale on Wednesday, November 13th to discuss the current state and future of the Data Center market. After a few words from BEX President, Rebekah Morris on the upcoming Construction Activity Forecast event in January […]