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 […]
Tempe Planning $349M in Bond Requests
By Paulina Pineda for The Arizona Republic Tempe likely will ask voters to approve a $349M bond issue to pay for dozens of capital projects in the next five years, ranging from road improvements to park upgrades. The city weighed asking voters for about half the proposed bond amount — $174M— to help pay for projects planned in […]
Cities Brace for Pandemic Impacts
By Jen Fifield for The Arizona Republic Up until this month, many Arizona cities were riding high on good times. Populations were growing, jobs were booming, and cash was flowing in. Cities were preparing to put a bow on the optimistic budgets they had worked on since the fall for the next fiscal year starting in July. Then, […]
5-story Hotel Proposed for Tempe’s 2100 Rio Salado
By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX Hotel developer, Tharaldson Hospitality Development recently submitted plans to the City of Tempe for a new hotel to be located on 2.8 acres at 93 S. Rockford Drive, part of the Heavy Industrial District and the 2100 Rio Salado mixed-use development. Tharaldson has requested a use permit to allow a […]
Market Exacerbate Shortage of Afford. Housing
By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX The Arizona Planning Association hosted a two panel, half-day symposium discussing housing in Arizona on Thursday, November 21st, 2019. The aim of the event was to encourage dialogue about the state of housing in Arizona and potential solutions to creating a diverse mix of all forms of housing that are […]
Tempe Balances Community with Sustain. Growth
By Nick Serpa for Chamber Business News As more and more companies continue to expand their operations in Tempe – such as State Farm, which recently announced its intention to hire an additional 1,100 employees at its offices near Tempe Town Lake – City of Tempe officials have reason to believe that Tempe’s growth spurt […]
Tempe Hotel to Take on New “Vibe”
By Sammy Williams for AZBEX Applicant, Huellmantel & Affiliates of Tempe announced plans that owner, Farmer Arts Lot 4 LLC will open the country’s second Vib (pronounced “vibe”) hotel on a vacant lot on the SEC of Farmer Avenue and 5th Street in Tempe. The 102-room, five-story Vib is an urban, boutique hotel brand operated by Best Western in […]
Dual-branded, 259-Room Hotel Planned for Tempe
Source: Mortenson With construction already underway on a number of new projects, master developer Catellus Development Corporation (Catellus) announced it will bring a 259-room, dual-branded hotel to the Novus Innovation Corridor (Novus) in Tempe through a partnership with national developer and builder Mortenson. The eight-story hotel, located just north of the NEC of the intersection […]
New Housing for Tempe’s Broadway Road Corridor
By Adrienne St. Clair and Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Quyp Development Services, LLC has submitted a rezoning request to the City of Tempe to build a multifamily development on the NWC of Broadway Road and Country Club Way, just a mile and a half northwest of the Arizona State University campus. The new […]
NOVUS Innovation Corridor Phase I to Begin
By Adrienne St. Clair for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Arizona State University and Ryan Companies have submitted a proposal to the City of Tempe to build the 777 Tower at Novus mixed-use office/retail building and central plaza on the NWC of Rural Road and University Drive. The new development will be in the first phase of […]