260-unit Multifamily Development Proposed for PHX

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX  A new Class A multifamily development is being proposed for an 11.01-acre site at Black Canyon and Dynamite Boulevard in Phoenix.   Developer, DHI Communities, part of the D.R. Horton homebuilding company, recently submitted plans to the City of Phoenix and is requesting rezoning the property from S-1 (Farm or Ranch Residence) to R-3A (Multifamily […]

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 […]

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 […]

Arizona State Pushes Back in Real Estate Fight

By Mike Sunnucks for Phoenix Business Journal For Morgan Olsen it circles back to the well-worn adage of ‘teach a man to fish.’ But the problem for Olsen – CFO at Arizona State University – is that some fiscal conservatives at the Arizona Legislature don’t want the school to fish for real estate deals and its own revenue streams […]

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. […]

Battle Revving Up Over Motor Developments

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange In recent months Pinal County has become a planning hotbed for all things motorsports, but it seems one group wants to throw a wrench into the works, and the allegations of shady dealings are starting to rev up. In April, Apex Motor Club won approval for a conditional […]