March 2023

Cover Story

All Mixed Up: How Mixed-Use Development Is Transforming Commercial Real Estate

“The world has changed and so has the world of development,” says Charley Freericks, senior vice president of Catellus Development Corporation. “Three years of living with COVID-19 has created new economic pressures, social inequities and a … [More]

Features

Navigating Murky Waters?

Whenever we open a news app, we’re inundated with headlines on foreboding topics. Looming recession. Political turmoil. Social unrest. Climate change. It seems there’s no end to the doom and gloom. In times like these, the path toward success isn’t … [More]

Build a Culture of Safety and Human Reliability

A technician spills a toxic chemical. She isn’t injured, but easily could have been. The Hazmat cleanup costs more than $10,000, and shuts down a critical building for a week. An electrical engineer flips the wrong switch in a substation control … [More]

Build Strength in Your Business through Stakeholder Engagement

Often, we arrive at a business idea and approach and decide: This will be our business, our mission, our purpose. The excitement of the opportunity and our depth of knowledge encourage us to move forward with the belief that we have all the knowledge … [More]

Waymo Rides for Community

Waymo’s autonomous driving technology has been front page news recently, shaking up the ride share arena with the introduction of rides from Sky Harbor Airport. This is not Waymo’s first time disrupting the transportation industry, though; the … [More]

Roundtable

How Can Business Leaders Show Up for Their Employees Who Get a Cancer Diagnosis?

After I returned to work, two work friends of mine asked me if I would be willing to talk about my cancer diagnosis at a management training day they … [More]

Economy

Two Phoenix Public Financing Organizations Impact Local Communities

The Phoenix IDA, as outlined in the IDA Act, the state law that created it more than four decades ago, promotes community and economic development. … [More]

Legal

Intellectual Property Trends: What’s in Store for 2023 and Beyond?

In the current economic climate, inventors, entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes must be diligent in turning their creativity into marketable … [More]

From the Top

Todd Sanders: Embracing Change and Diversifying Fuels Growth

As a leader, I don’t fear change. Since assuming the role of president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Chamber in 2009, at the height of a recession, I have spent the last 13 years helping thousands of … [More]

Startups

Building Small Business Online

Successful small businesses are often considered resilient and innovative. A recent article on Entrepreneur cited the failure rate of small businesses as decreasing more than 25% since 1977. Many … [More]

Healthcare

Mental Health Matters: Employees Expect More from Their Health Benefits

Employee expectations have drastically shifted over the past few years. Employees now have baseline expectations for the health insurance benefits their employers offer. Their desires have evolved beyond traditional health insurance benefits for … [More]

Technology

Maximizing Heart Attack Detection with AI: Technology Enables a Personalized Approach to Patient Care

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making inroads into healthcare, with the aim of improving patient outcomes and delivering more personalized care. One area where AI is having a big impact is in the detection and monitoring of heart disease. The … [More]

CRE

Five Things to Look for when Hiring an Interior Designer

We are all taking strategic steps to prepare to navigate yet another unsure market. Selecting the right team for a project is one of the most important steps to make. For a successful project, here are five things to look for when hiring an interior … [More]

Central Phoenix Multifamily Is Arizona’s First Iconic Libeskind-Designed Building

InveStellar Corporation, a Phoenix-based urban development and advisory firm specializing in providing long-term value through iconic mixed-use, residential and hospitality projects, plans to develop Rainbow Road, a 36-unit architecturally … [More]

Expanded Rinchem Campus Provides High-Demand Chemical Services to Semiconductor, Other Growth Sectors

Graycor Construction Company has initiated construction on a new, 123,516-square-foot flex industrial facility in Surprise, Arizona, for Rinchem Company LLC, the world’s largest network of chemical and gas distribution centers. The new facility will … [More]

By the Numbers

The Delivery Dilemma: How Package Deliveries Are Disrupting Multifamily Properties

As e-commerce continues to overthrow brick-and-mortar retail, the multifamily real estate industry is feeling the impact of online shopping’s biggest … [More]

Briefs

Commercial Energy Efficiency Programs from SRP

Salt River Project’s commercial energy efficiency programs range from offering common facility upgrades to customized solutions with review of customer projects for potential energy-efficient upgrades unique to their facilities and operations. These … [More]

State’s First Woman-Owned, South Asian Film Production and Entertainment Company

Bringing her expertise in real estate to the film industry, award-winning commercial real estate and land consultant Anita Verma-Lallian recently announced the creation of Camelback Productions, Arizona’s first female- and South Asian-owned film … [More]

Cave + Post Trading Co. Men’s Boutique Triples Size with New Location

Nearly a year and a half after opening their original location, Patrick and Mary Burch, owners of Cave + Post Trading Co., recently moved their popular men’s boutique into an expanded space in the former Easley’s Fun Shop (509 W. McDowell Road, Suite … [More]