Dropping Appeal Will Kill Southbridge Referendum

By Wayne Schutsky for Scottsdale Progress  Southbridge Two developer Carter Unger has dropped plans to appeal a Maricopa County judge’s decision upholding the referendum to put the downtown Scottsdale development before voters.  But it is still unlikely the issue will actually make it to the ballot in November as Unger has asked the City Council to repeal its initial approval […]

Is Grand Canal Redevelopment Building Steam?

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Recent commercial real estate movements in the area of 12th Street and The Grand Canal have tongues wagging and rumors flying about the future of development near the Grand Canalscape redevelopment zone. NAI Horizon announced earlier this week it negotiated the $7M sale of “the largest multifamily-zoned land […]

PHX Advances Hance Park Revitalization

By Jessica Boehm for The Arizona Republic Phoenix is inching closer to a grand revamp of Margaret T. Hance Park, which sits atop Interstate 10’s Deck Park Tunnel in downtown Phoenix. Hance Park is home to Burton Barr Library, the Japanese Friendship Garden, the Irish Cultural Center and McClelland Irish Library, and the Phoenix Center for the […]

City of Eloy Invests Big in City Hall

By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Skydiving. A large private prison. While those are the thoughts most commonly associated with the City of Eloy, the current council and staff are working hard to improve that perception by doubling down on their downtown area. The anchor will be the future $7.5M City Hall. According to […]