40th Street Quik Trip Plan Nears Approval

By Paul Maryniak for Ahwatukee Foothills News More than 18 months after homeowners in the 185-home Foothills Paseo II subdivision launched an effort to derail a plan for Quik Trip on 40th Street, the gas station giant appears all but certain to win. The city Planning Department is only a few weeks from giving final […]

Plans Emerge for Optima Kierland Center Expansion

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  A new 10-story building is being proposed as an expansion to the four-building Optima Kierland Center multifamily development currently under construction in Phoenix.  While the original development’s location is 7120, 7140, 7160 and 7180 E. Kierland Boulevard, the expansion’s location will be designated as 7190 E. Kierland Boulevard. 7190 will be located at the site […]

Peoria P&Z Approves 264-unit Multifamily Project

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  Meyer Development Services, Ltd, on behalf of the owner, Sedona 43 Holdings, LLC, submitted plans to the City of Peoria for the development of a new 14-building multifamily project called Peoria Commons.  A request for an amendment to the General Plan land use map from Commercial to Urban Residential on approximately 10.7 acres south of the SWC […]

Office Bldgs Proposed for Kierland Blvd in Phoenix

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  Plans to redevelop a 6.78-acre property at the SEC of Marilyn Road and Kierland Boulevard into a Class A office development with ground floor retail have recently been submitted to the City of Phoenix.  The site is currently home to a 100KSF building with associated parking. Developer, Kierland Sky LLC is proposing to replace the building and […]

216-unit Multifamily Project Proposed for Phoenix

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  Multifamily housing developer, Wood Partners recently submitted plans to the City of Phoenix Planning Department for a new five-story luxury multifamily development to be built just east of the NEC of 16th Street and Camelback Road.  The project, called Alta Bluewater, is planned as a 216-unit “modern luxury” multifamily development composed of a mix of 146 one-bedroom […]

$126M Watermark to Start Construction

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Tempe Town Lake’s latest major project – the 15-acre Watermark mixed-use development on the lake’s north side at Scottsdale Road and the Loop 202– is about to take off after nearly six years of planning, timing calculation and community interaction. The city’s Development Review Commission approved Fenix Development […]

400-Unit Complex Coming to Avondale

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Four-hundred apartments in 22 buildings may soon be coming to a former movie studio site in Avondale. Plans submitted by Lervick LLC last month received a conditional approval recommendation from the city’s Planning Commission. The site will be developed with a mix of one-, two- and three-story buildings […]