Rio Nuevo OKs 20-Story Tucson Office Plan
By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The Rio Nuevo Board voted this week to enter negotiations on a final development agreement for what could be one of downtown Tucson’s tallest buildings. According to Rio Nuevo’s announcement, Todd Freed, VP of construction for JE Dunn Construction, told the board the potentially 300-foot-tall building his proposes […]
GEICO to Get 200KSF Regional Office in Tucson
By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange In a major win for the Tucson area, Sun Corridor, Inc. issued a press release this week that Bourn Companies will develop and build a new 200KSF regional office for GEICO at The Bridges master-planned site in Tucson. The new building is planned on 20 acres near 36th […]
Rio Nuevo Wants 150KSF Mixed-Use Developer
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange A new RFP hit the street last Friday from the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District seeking a developer to create a new mixed-use project on 0.6 acres at Broadway Boulevard between Scott and 6th avenues in Tucson. The district is looking for a minimum of an eight-story development […]
A Realistic Deal to Reopen the Hotel Arizona
By Tim Stellar for Arizona Daily Star Eleven years ago, it felt like a grand redevelopment of downtown Tucson’s convention-center hotel was imminent. It was a $185M deal with the city to redevelop the Hotel Arizona, at 181 W. Broadway, which had recently dropped its Radisson branding. The existing hotel would be renovated, and new […]
Council OKs Tax Break for La Placita Project
By Joe Ferguson for Arizona Daily Star The Tucson City Council has signed off on a $4.2M property tax deal to help HSL Properties redevelop the La Placita property downtown. The council directed staff on Tuesday night to draw up a formal agreement with the local developer to be brought back for a final vote […]
ADOT Studies I-10, Tucson Connectivity
Source: Arizona Department of Transportation Public input sought to help determine future corridor improvements Proposals to improve traffic flow along Interstate 10 and State Route 210 connecting downtown Tucson with I-10 will be the subject of a public meeting in Tucson on Feb. 15. The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration will […]
Tucson Fire, PD Request $150M for Upgrades
By Caitlin Schmidt for Arizona Daily Star Tucson’s Police and Fire departments have asked the City Council to approve nearly $150M in new vehicles, equipment and facilities that would be paid for by a proposed half-cent sales tax up for voter approval in May. On Dec. 20, 2016, the council approved a plan to split […]
The Loop to See a Lot of Work in 2017
By Murphy Woodhouse for Arizona Daily Star As it stands, Pima County’s well-known Loop paved path system is not technically a loop. However, work on tap in 2017 will bring a closed, car-free metro circuit much closer to reality. Additional projects planned for other parts of The Loop, as well as separate path systems that […]