NOVUS Innovation Corridor Phase I to Begin

By Adrienne St. Clair for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Arizona State University and Ryan Companies have submitted a proposal to the City of Tempe to build the 777 Tower at Novus mixed-use office/retail building and central plaza on the NWC of Rural Road and University Drive. The new development will be in the first phase of […]

Mayo Clinic Expansion a Regional Game Changer

Project Could Accelerate Development from SR 51 to Scottsdale Road By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange A long-standing vision to create a biomedical corridor south of Loop 101 in north Phoenix and to hasten general development in the area got a major boost this week when Mayo Clinic announced a $648M, 1.4MSF expansion that […]

Council Considers Tempe Crossroads

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Tempe Crossroads, a new mixed-use development planned at the NWC of South Terrace Road and East Orange Street, is scheduled for final consideration by Tempe City Council on Thursday, Aug. 9. Plans call for two residential buildings – one at five stories and one at seven – consisting […]

Leading Market Series Updates on Higher Ed

By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Around 100 people gathered in the ballroom at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Friday, March 9 for the AZBEX inaugural Leading Market Series event, eager to learn what’s going on in the higher education market. The Leading Market Series is a new monthly event that focuses on a […]

Stanton Touts $200M Innovation Center

By Jesse A. Millard for AZ Big Media Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton touted the most recent milestone reached on a $200M ASU-Mayo Health Solutions Innovation Center during his final State of the City Address Tuesday. The Phoenix City Council recently approved $9M to help pave the way for the ASU-Mayo facility that will house researchers […]

Trends Day 2018: Inform Inspire Involve

By Peter Madrid for MadridMedia  A reflection of a world we don’t know. A space mission to a metal asteroid. Autonomous vehicles. A new spin on Arizona’s Five Cs. A new “aha” moment. Artful neighborhoods.   ULI Arizona’s 13th annual Trends Day, held at the J.W. Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa and titled “Inform Inspire Involve,” highlighted a theme that some of the best ideas to build […]

Arizona State Pushes Back in Real Estate Fight

By Mike Sunnucks for Phoenix Business Journal For Morgan Olsen it circles back to the well-worn adage of ‘teach a man to fish.’ But the problem for Olsen – CFO at Arizona State University – is that some fiscal conservatives at the Arizona Legislature don’t want the school to fish for real estate deals and its own revenue streams […]

ASU to Reno. Wells Fargo Arena, Build Hockey Venue

By Anne Ryman for The Arizona Republic Arizona State University unveiled preliminary plans last week for a $160M renovation of Wells Fargo Arena with an adjacent indoor sports complex to house men’s hockey, wrestling and gymnastics. The plans were reviewed by the Arizona Board of Regents Business and Finance Committee, and members voted unanimously to send […]

Public to See Tempe Character Area Plan

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The City of Tempe will unveil the draft for its Character Area 3 plan to the public Dec. 5 at the Tempe Transportation Center, 200 E. Fifth Street. The plan details design guidelines and placemaking principles for the Downtown Tempe, Rio Salado | Town Lake, Arizona State University […]

PHX Biomed. Campus Expansion Plan Released

By Stephanie Morse for Downtown Devil Early draft plans for the expansion of the Arizona State University Biomedical Campus were unveiled last week. The goal of the expansion is to create a multidisciplinary medical innovation space that not only benefits university students and professors, but also community members. To make sure the spaces are community […]