122-room Hotel Planned for Mesa

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  A limited service hotel is being planned for a vacant 2.9-acre site north of Baseline Road and east of Mesa Drive.  Gilmore Planning & Landscape Architecture, on behalf of developer, BG Edge, LLC, submitted plans to the City of Mesa and is requesting design review approval for the 122-room hotel called Woodspring Suites. The City of Mesa heard […]

Mixed-Use Towers Planned for Tempe Train Depot Site

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  A new mixed-use development including office and hotel towers is being planned for the site of the historic Tempe train depot that was built in 1924.  E&R Holdings, LLC, a company affiliated with mixed-use developer, RED Development, is requesting a Planned Area Development Overlay, a use permit for tandem parking and a […]

111-Room Hotel Planned for Tempe

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  A new Residence Inn hotel is being proposed on 2.37 acres of the Agave Development in the Southwest District Overlay of Tempe.  Applicant and civil engineer, Sustainability Engineering Group, LLC, on behalf of the owner The Barclay Group is requesting a use permit to allow a hotel in the General Industrial Zoning District, another use permit to […]

Glendale to Welcome Crystal Lagoons Island Resort

Source: Glendale Office of Economic Development Global entertainment and experiential leader Crystal Lagoons® has chosen Glendale for a one-of-a-kind attraction. ECL Glendale, LLC will develop Crystal Lagoons Island Resort, a mixed-use project unique to the Southwest. As a first step in the process to bring this development to Glendale, the City Council has voted to approve a […]

Hotel Planned for Marana’s Cortaro Ranch Dev.

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  A new hotel is being proposed within the Cortaro Ranch Phase II development and will be located just north of Cortaro Farms Road and west of Cerius Stravenue.  Engineer and project applicant, EPS Group, Inc., on behalf of developer, Investment Resources Corp., is requesting approval of a development plan for the hotel, to be branded as a Home2 Suites by Hilton.  The Marana […]

WaterWalk Planning North Phoenix Extended Stay

By Corina Vanek for Phoenix Business Journal  A developer of high-end extended stay hotels bought 4.5 acres of land in north Phoenix to develop the company’s first Arizona hotel property.  WaterWalk purchased the site at 19th Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road for $2.14M from the Alter Group. Trask Switzenberg and Chuck Wells of Kidder Mathews represented WaterWalk.  “The continued rapid expansion in the Deer Valley […]

$150M Project to “Enhance” SDLE Triangle Bldg

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  Developer, PEG Companies is looking to preserve the historic Ralph “Haver Triangle Building” in Scottsdale while enhancing it with the development of a new $150M mixed-use project around it called The Triangle.  The Haver Triangle Building was designed in 1962 by architect Ralph Haver, AIA, who, “was one of the most influential and creative Arizona architects of the second half of the 20th […]

1MSF Stadium Point Gets Master Developer

By Corina Vanek for Phoenix Business Journal  A massive mixed-use development with Class A office, hotel, retail and apartment buildings near Peoria Sports Complex is one step closer after the Peoria City Council approved an agreement Tuesday with American Life Inc. and Steinhauer Properties Inc.  The project, called Stadium Point, will include more than 1MSF of development on 17 acres owned by the […]

Francisco Grande Plans Major Expansion

By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa for Casa Grande Dispatch  The Francisco Grande resort has big plans to expand in the next few years.  The Casa Grande Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a plan by Francisco Grande to develop a mix of residential, commercial, hospitality, open space, office space and recreational campus space on its 663-acre property near Montgomery Road and […]

Casa Grande P&Z Approves New Holiday Inn

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  Despite a recent sharp decline in Arizona hotel occupancy and temporary closures due to COVID-19, plans for a new Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center are making their way through the City of Casa Grande.  Casa Grande’s Planning and Zoning Commission recently approved a request for a Planned Area Development amendment to allow hotel and convention center uses on a […]