ADOT Wants to Move on Broadband Initiative
By Shaq Davis for Arizona Daily Star The Arizona Department of Transportation is in the early process of exploring partnerships that would lead to broadband conduit being installed along three interstate routes. The department is following an initiative from Gov. Doug Ducey who announced in January that $50M in funding would help achieve 500 miles of broadband lines and fiber optic […]
Putting the West Valley into Major Growth Mode
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. But whenever there’s a problem, we always work it out somehow.” If the West Valley could sing, she would likely […]
TSMC to Build Semiconductor Plant in Phoenix
Source: Arizona Commerce Authority Governor Doug Ducey has announced that following a national search, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has selected Arizona for its new U.S. advanced semiconductor factory. The project will create more than 1,600 new high-tech jobs and generate thousands of additional jobs in the state for suppliers and other companies within the semiconductor industry. TSMC’s total spending on this project, including capital expenditure, […]
PVB Expands Headquarters in Marana
Source: Arizona Commerce Authority PVB Fabrications, Inc. (PVB), primarily a multi-disciplined general contractor and provider of quality welding and fabrication services for the commercial, utility, government, heavy industrial and mining sectors, announces plans to expand its headquarters in Marana. PVB has purchased 10 acres at 8037 and 8041 W. Tangerine Road, 85658 and is planning […]
White Claw Hard Seltzer Facility Coming to Glendale
Source: Arizona Commerce Authority Mark Anthony Brewing has chosen Glendale as the location of its new state-of-the-art brewery and BrewPure facility. Construction is slated to be completed in record time. The facility will be in Glendale’s “New Frontier” at the Loop 303. In a race against time, to meet the explosive demand for White Claw […]
Pegasus Announces Expansion of Data Center
Source: Pegasus Group Holdings Pegasus Group Holdings, the largest renewable energy data center in the United States, announced that it is expanding its operations. The company, who already owns and operates a 717-acre, 340-Megawatt solar powered data facility known as The Hive, has just purchased an additional 770-acre parcel in Mohave County, code name “Firefly.” […]
Forest Service Seeks Bids to Thin Trees
By Felicia Fonseca for Arizona Daily Sun The U.S. Forest Service, faced with the slow pace of forest thinning, is seeking proposals to remove dense stands of trees in a wide swath of Arizona to help prevent wildfires. The work is part of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative, the largest project of its kind within […]
GEICO to Get 200KSF Regional Office in Tucson
By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange In a major win for the Tucson area, Sun Corridor, Inc. issued a press release this week that Bourn Companies will develop and build a new 200KSF regional office for GEICO at The Bridges master-planned site in Tucson. The new building is planned on 20 acres near 36th […]
PHX Poised to Become a Data Center Leader
By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange A recently released report from CBRE notes the Phoenix area is poised to become a leader in the data center market, as reflected by steady growth in the sector in the first half of 2017. “Phoenix is a dynamic market,” said Luke Denmon, of CBRE’s Data Center Solutions […]
Niagara to Add 450KSF Facility in Mesa
Source: City of Mesa Niagara Bottling, LLC, the largest, private-label bottled water supplier in the U.S., has announced it will establish a 450KSF, highly automated manufacturing and bottling operation in the City of Mesa’s Elliot Road Technology Corridor. “The investment that Niagara Bottling is making in Mesa is a very significant one and I could […]