In a cool year for Valley office market, sales and leases heated up in the fourth quarter

Despite a slow year for office real estate, the biggest investment sale and largest lease since the pandemic began took place in the fourth quarter of 2020. Office investment in the fourth quarter hit $570 million, nearly reaching the total amount of investment sales that took place in the first three quarters combined, which reached […]
02.15.2021

JFQ Lending Executes 125,000 SF Corporate HQ relocation Cementing the largest Arizona Office Lease of 2020

 Scottsdale, Arizona (January 14, 2021) – JFQ Lending, a Scottsdale-based Mortgage Company, executed a long-term deal in Q4 2020 for their new 125,000-square-foot Corporate Headquarters located at 7720 N. Dobson Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85256. Zak Kottler and Joe Cosgrove of LevRose Commercial Real Estate represented JFQ Lending in what was the largest new office lease […]
01.18.2021

LevRose Commercial Real Estate Expands Service Offerings to Include Multi-Family Investment Sales

 Acquisition of 75-unit investment property brings growth to LevRose portfolio.  Scottsdale, Arizona (December 21, 2020) – Scottsdale-based brokerage LevRose Commercial Real Estate is expanding its service offerings to include multifamily investment sales, and announced the closing of its first multifamily deal. Pueblo Springs Holdings LLC, an investment group based in Vancouver, Washington, bought the Pueblo […]
12.21.2020

Latest Sam Fox Restaurant Opening Breaks Record, Even Amid Pandemic

One of the Valley’s most prominent restaurateurs was able to break records when opening a new restaurant in mid-October. The latest location of Sam Fox’s Culinary Dropout opened in the Scottsdale Quarter shopping center. Fox Restaurant Concepts, which was purchased by The Cheesecake Factory Inc. (Nasdaq: CAKE) in 2019, has been working on this location for a while […]
11.05.2020

Lagoon water park, entertainment venue headed to West Valley

A beach party in Arizona might not be such a wacky idea in a couple of years, because Glendale will soon be home to an 11-acre beach lagoon, planned to include scuba diving, windsurfing and water jet packs as part of a 48-acre entertainment destination. “From day one we felt this would be the type […]
09.10.2020

Central Arizona Supply Unveils Plans to Renovate Historic Potato Barn in Gilbert

A fourth-generation, Mesa-based family business is moving forward with its plans to renovate and expand the iconic Old Potato Barn in Gilbert, breathing new life into the 54-year-old barn that once housed the area’s potato supply. In June, the City of Gilbert approved plans for The Higley Barns, a multimillion-dollar, adaptive, mixed-use development that will transform […]
09.10.2020

Mesa to be home to largest privately-owned multisport facility in the country

Construction is set to begin on a humongous sports facility in the Southeast Valley. Legacy Cares Inc., an Arizona based nonprofit organization, closed last week with boutique investment bank Ziegler on $250.77 million financing to build the family sports and entertainment complex in southeast Mesa. The development, which will be called Legacy Sports Park, covers […]
09.08.2020

HonorHealth Opens Sonoran Crossing Medical Center

HonorHealth, a leading Valley healthcare system serving 1.6 million people in the greater Phoenix area, is opening HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center in north Phoenix in mid-September. Featuring three stories, 210,00 square feet and 70 inpatient beds, this state-of-the-art facility is HonorHealth’s sixth medical center. Sonoran Crossing Medical Center serves residents of Anthem, New River, […]
09.08.2020

Phoenix MOB May Be Redeveloped into Hotel

Developer, The Terrance A Plas Company, recently submitted plans to the City of Phoenix to redevelop an existing medical plaza located at the NWC of McDowell Road and 12th Street, into a new 71.7KSF hotel.  The hotel, to be called The McDowell Hotel according to the project documents, will sit on approximately 1.58 acres adjacent to the Coronado Neighborhood.  “One of the major goals of The McDowell […]
09.01.2020

Here’s Why Arizona’s Economy Will Bounce Back Faster than Nation

While sectors of Arizona’s economy have suffered financial losses during the pandemic, the state is faring better than much of the nation, according to a leading economist. If Arizonans can stay masked, socially distanced and sanitized, it has a good chance for full recovery as soon as mid 2021, said the state’s heavyweight economic forecaster, George […]
08.24.2020

Amazon Confirms 11 New Metro Phoenix Sites Opening This Year

Amazon.Com Inc. confirmed Wednesday that it plans to open 11 new sites in the Valley by the end of the year for fulfillment and delivery operations. The new sites include seven delivery stations and two additional facilities to support fulfillment, in Avondale, Chandler, Goodyear, Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe. The delivery stations will be located in: […]
08.24.2020

Hotel Breaks Ground at The Pavilions at Talking Stick

Capital Development Southwest Inc., in partnership with SLG Management, announces a new development project at The Pavilions at Talking Stick. The new Comfort Suites, a Choice Hotel brand, will break ground in August 2020.   “This location is known to be one of the premier entertainment destinations in the southwest,” said Justin Gubler, SLG Management […]
08.19.2020

Amazon Delivery Station Planned in West Valley

An Amazon delivery station is planned for a 38-acre site in Surprise near Litchfield Road and Soledad Street. “We’re energized by the opportunity to start our first official project as a company in our home state of Arizona,” Steve Backman, co-founder and partner of BH DevCo, the developer of the project, said in an email […]
08.04.2020

Construction work underway at Papago Plaza redevelopment in Scottsdale

Construction work has begun at Papago Plaza, a redevelopment project near McDowell and Scottsdale roads in south Scottsdale. Final grading is being done onsite for installation of electrical and water lines. Pivot Development, which is developing the hotel, restaurant and retail space at Papago Plaza, began razing the former shopping center in late 2019. Some iconic […]
07.27.2020

Five Below to build $75 million distribution center in Buckeye

Discount retailer Five Below will build a $75 million distribution center in Buckeye, the city announced Tuesday afternoon. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based company plans to begin construction on the 850,000-square-foot distribution center, located at Miller and Durango roads, in 2020, with construction expected to be completed in 2021. The center is expected to create 150 jobs […]
07.22.2020

Old Town Scottsdale’s newest hotel expected to open in September

For the first time in more than 10 years, a new-build hotel is set to open in Old Town Scottsdale. The Canopy by Hilton Scottsdale Old Town is expected to open its doors in late September. The seven-story hotel, on the northeast corner of First Street and Marshall Way, will have 177 rooms and suites […]
07.16.2020

Amazon buys 92 acres in West Valley

Amazon.com Inc. bought 91.5 acres of land in Goodyear for $19.85 million, according to real estate database Vizzda. According to Vizzda, Seattle-based Amazon bought the land from California-based Rados Properties. Allen Lowe of Lee & Associates represented Rados Properties in the sale, and Jim Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield represented Amazon in the sale, which […]
07.08.2020

Some Types of Office Tenants are Returning Faster Than Others

Some industries face constraints in how much of their work can be done from home. An abrupt shift to remote working caused by the pandemic demonstrated that the bulk of office workers can work productively from home (at least during the initial three-month experiment). This has prompted some corporate leaders to postpone the return to […]
06.24.2020

Developer aims for mixed-use project after buying north Scottsdale infill site

A Scottsdale commercial real estate developer bought a 1.9-acre infill site in north Scottsdale for $6.65 million and plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use project. A joint venture led by Jim Riggs along with Keith Mishkin and Angelo Giudice bought the property from Scottsdale-based Amiel Properties. Brokers from JLL Capital Markets, led by Brian […]
06.23.2020

South Tempe Town Lake developments pick up momentum

Development is ramping up on the south bank of Tempe Town Lake east of Arizona State University, as a mixed-use project called Pier 202 begins early construction work and a nearby build-to-suit office development is marketed to potential office users. The Pier 202 development includes 587 apartment units, 22 retail suites and a restaurant on […]
06.23.2020

Axis Raintree Office Project Reaches Milestone in Scottsdale, Arizona

Construction Tops Out at First Major Office Project in Scottsdale Airpark Since 2015 General contractor Willmeng Construction and developer Trammell Crow Co. have topped out vertical construction of the three-story Axis Raintree, the first office project to be built without a signed tenant in Scottsdale, Arizona, since 2015. The contractor said that crews placed the […]
06.16.2020

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06.16.2020

1st Non-Gaming Caesars Hotel Begins Construction in Scottsdale

HCW, which has developed more than $2 billion in real estate in the last 23 years, in partnership with Caesars Entertainment Corporation, announced construction is currently underway for the 265-room Caesars Republic Scottsdale luxury brand hotel, and is on schedule to open in January 2022. “We are excited construction is moving forward as planned on Caesars Republic […]
06.04.2020

Phoenix Is Officially Open for Business

The Phoenix market has officially opened for business, with all retailers allowed to serve customers. While some retailers have decided to stay closed or offer only limited service by their own choice, most are completely open and actually seeing activity from consumers. While there are no specific laws or restrictions in terms of safety, most […]
05.29.2020

Office Investors Still Interested in Phoenix Despite COVID-19, Industry Experts Say

Despite the slowdown that came from the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Valley remains well positioned for future office investment, experts from CBRE said. Barry Gabel, executive vice president of CBRE in Phoenix, said some of the deals he and his team were working with clients on were put on hold during the pandemic, but some […]
05.27.2020

A New Work-From-Home Movement Is Gaining Steam. Why Aren’t Office Landlords More Worried?

A chasm is widening between owners and occupants of office real estate around the country.   Though the coronavirus pandemic has thrust thousands of companies into remote work, office landlords are counting on most of them eagerly returning to their now-deserted offices. Given how well many companies report the forced experiment has gone, data shows that […]
05.22.2020

Massive mixed-use redevelopment planned in Old Town Scottsdale

  Steven and Shawn Yari have major plans for redevelopment in Old Town Scottsdale. The top executives with California developer Stockdale Capital Partners have submitted plans to the city for the Scottsdale Collective project, which aims to “evolve and mature the greater entertainment district-area into a mixed-use district,” according to plans submitted to the city. Those plans […]
05.21.2020

Valley landlord: PPP loans led to more companies making May rent than expected

After a chaotic April of completing lease amendments, when May rolled around, more Phoenix tenants than expected were able to make rent, especially those that received PPP loans from the SBA. “We’ve had tenants who we made lease amendments for then get their PPP funds, and a number have called us and said, ‘tear up […]
05.14.2020

Rankings Of The Best And Worst U.S. Cities For Coronavirus Quarantine

Earlier this week, career resource site Zippia released rankings of the best and worst cities in the United States in which to quarantine. Unlike most other livability rankings of cities, which tend to be based on factors like the job market, real estate prices and how vibrant a dining or arts scene a metropolitan area has, this […]
05.12.2020

Office Tenant Demand Has Slowly Returned in Phoenix

Office tenant demand has started to rebound in Phoenix. Lease transactions abruptly stopped in March, with tenants either placing existing negotiations on hold or calling off the search for a new space. While activity has nowhere near rebounded to pre-coronavirus levels, some tenants are starting to re-enter the market or revive existing lease transactions. While […]
05.06.2020

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