AZBEX Initial Forecast Event Surprises
By Peter Madrid and AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange While it was nearly a given multifamily would be king of the hill in the 2017 commercial construction landscape, many other trends the Arizona Builder’s Exchange staff uncovered in preparation for its inaugural 2018 Construction Forecast event last Friday caught both them and several industry […]
Future Bright for PHX Sr. Housing/Healthcare
By Dees Stribling for Bisnow The outlook for senior housing is strong in greater Phoenix, according to the speakers at Bisnow’s State of Phoenix Healthcare & Senior Living Development event recently. But developing the kinds of space residents (and their adult children) want, in the places they want to be, is going to be challenging. […]
Dignity & PCH to Bring $200M Hospital to EV
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Hospital are teaming up to create a $200M, 350KSF women’s and children’s licensed tower at Mercy-Gilbert Medical Center. Groundbreaking is expected in summer of 2018 with a two-year construction timeline. The design-build project will bring a new suite of specialty women’s and children’s […]
The Top Issues Affecting Real Estate
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange In an extensive, 3,700-word report, The Counselors of Real Estate, recently published their views on the major issues facing both the industry and the world at large. While we certainly encourage you to read and digest the full information and detail the group worked so diligently to assemble, […]
State of the City Holds Interest for A/E/C
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Heaven knows there’s nothing like reporting on political sniping or speculating about leaders’ next career moves, but in the kerfuffle over Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton’s State of the City address this week, a couple items of particular interest to the A/E/C committee got buried in the coverage. Sure, […]
ABI: Billings Flat to Start the Year
Source: American Institute of Architects Firms concerned about rising healthcare, technology costs Architecture firms reported that their billings were essentially flat to start off 2017. The ABI score of 49.5 for January indicates a very modest decline in firm billings, and is the first monthly decline since September. With lingering uncertainties about the new federal […]
$17M Medical Commons Coming to Gilbert
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Irgens – Phoenix has acquired 4 acres in Gilbert it will use to develop its $17M Spectrum Medical Commons project. The medical campus near Val Vista Drive and the 202 Santan Freeway is located immediately adjacent to Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. The planned building is 65 […]