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 […]
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 […]
Public to See Tempe Character Area Plan
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The City of Tempe will unveil the draft for its Character Area 3 plan to the public Dec. 5 at the Tempe Transportation Center, 200 E. Fifth Street. The plan details design guidelines and placemaking principles for the Downtown Tempe, Rio Salado | Town Lake, Arizona State University […]
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 […]
Aura Watermark Aims for Sept. Const. Start
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange After winning unanimous approval of its Planned Area Development Overlay from Tempe’s Development Review Commission earlier this week, developer Trinsic Residential Group hopes to begin construction of its seven-story multifamily project Aura Watermark on the north shore of Tempe Town Lake in September. Aura Watermark is associated with […]
$126M Watermark to Start Construction
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Tempe Town Lake’s latest major project – the 15-acre Watermark mixed-use development on the lake’s north side at Scottsdale Road and the Loop 202– is about to take off after nearly six years of planning, timing calculation and community interaction. The city’s Development Review Commission approved Fenix Development […]
Grand at Papago Park Centers Around Water
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Focus on water as both an amenity and a celebrated resource with a rich history SRP, one the utilities responsible for providing water to Valley residents, is also delivering one of the major employment and residential developments near Tempe Town Lake by way of the Grand at Papago […]