Desert Ridge Land Sold, Development to Finally Restart

By Catherine Reagor for The Arizona Republic Development on a big chunk of northeast Phoenix’s popular Desert Ridge community is no longer on hold. That means more money could start flowing to Arizona schools. After years of contentious legal battles and bankruptcy filings, California-based Crown Realty & Development emerged as the winning bidder on the […]

AMEX Expanding in North Phoenix

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange American Express is creating a fourth building on its 90-acre Desert Ridge campus at 56th Street and Mayo Boulevard in North Phoenix. According to information provided to AZBEX by Lauren Brogie, manager of public affairs for AMEX, the new four-story, 300KSF-plus building will be located on the north […]

NE PHX Quietly Abuzz with Development

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange For years Downtown Phoenix and anything near the light rail line have gotten the lion’s share of coverage when it comes to growth and development. As, probably, it should have. While generating something like $9B of new development since the start of light rail certainly warrants extensive attention, […]