RFP Issued for New ASU Multi-Purpose Sports Arena

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX Arizona State University recently issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a company to enter into a long-term ground lease for the new Multi-Purpose Arena planned on 10 acres of the Novus Innovation Corridor in Tempe. The 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena will be located directly northeast of and will attach […]

First LMS of 2019 Discusses Higher Ed

By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange BEX Events kicked off the first Leading Markert Series of the New Year with a bang by discussing the Higher Education market. More than 100 attendees gathered at ASU Skysong 3 on Wednesday, February 6, for the sold-out event to gain insight into any upcoming projects as well […]

2018 Public Works Conference Highlights

By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange It’s October, which — in the world of public projects — means the Capital Improvement Plans are out for public viewing, and municipalities are planning for another fiscal year of new construction, expansion and maintenance. It’s also time for the third annual AZBEX Public Works Conference, where attendees […]

LMS Talks Sports Facility Market Trends

By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange It’s October, which means football season is in full swing, hockey has just begun, and basketball is right around the corner, making Sports Facilities the perfect AZBEX Leading Market Series topic for the month. Attendees gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton Tempe on Thursday, October 4th, to gain […]

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 […]