Supportive Housing for E. Van Buren Corridor
By Jane Stewart and Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Once Phoenix’s most notorious red-light district, a section of Van Buren Street now has the green light for a supportive housing development. Cardinal Capital Management | AHI has submitted a rezoning request, via Architectural Resources Team, for 2.21 acres located at the SWC of 29th […]
Top Capital Programs in Arizona
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Show me the Money! If looking for opportunities in the Public Works sector, an obvious route is to “follow the money.” Thankfully, public agencies like the State, Counties, Cities & Towns all create an internal planning document, the 5-year (or, sometimes, 10-year) Capital Improvement Plan. The document is […]
PHX Prepares for T4S1 Concourse Project
By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The City of Phoenix held a brief business information meeting at their Aviation Department building on Thursday, June 15 for more than 40 prime contractors and SBE firms to discuss the Sky Harbor Terminal 4 South 1 Concourse project. The project, a $250M, 220KSF concourse to expand Terminal […]
Phx Capital Improvement Plan Jumps 30%
By Rebekah Morris and Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The preliminary five-year total for the City of Phoenix Capital Improvement Plan tops $4.6B, an impressive 30 percent increase over last year’s total. Departments with the largest expenditures are public transit, aviation and water supply. For perspective, the peak 5-yr total reached 7.0B in 2007, […]
PHX OKs Next Step of S. Central Light Rail
Source: City of Phoenix The South Central Light Rail Extension project is moving forward to final design. Last week, the Phoenix City Council approved a $50M agreement with Valley Metro to fund final design and pre-construction activities on the five-mile extension on Central Avenue between Jefferson Street and Baseline Road. “This (is) another major step […]
Minor Amendment Review Coming for Block 23
By Brenna Goth for The Arizona Republic Archaeologists recently unearthed evidence of prehistoric people and remnants of Phoenix’s first fire station in the heart of downtown, where the area’s only grocery store is set to break ground April 13. Last week crews finished a three-week dig at Block 23, named for its place in Phoenix’s original […]
Two Major Projects Planned for Sky Harbor
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Kyle Kotchou, deputy director of design and construction services for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, announced two new planned projects totaling nearly $1B for the facility at the AZBEX 2016 Public Works Conference held Oct. 5 at the Camelback Inn in Paradise Valley. In his presentation on developments […]
Creating the Grand Canalscape
By Erin Davis for AZ Big Media As Phase Two of the Grand Canalscape Project begins, existing pieces (the canals) are forming new connections between Glendale and Tempe, while improvements along the 12-mile trail system from 1-17 to the Phoenix/Tempe border continue to take place. Connecting Infrastructure and Transportation Most everyone involved in the Grand […]