In the recently announced 2023 Star Awards and Recommended Ratings by Forbes Travel Guide, the only global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants and spas, Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass earned the 2023 Forbes Travel Guide Recommended Rating, and both Aji Spa and Kai restaurant earned the 2023 Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star award. … [More]
VanTrust EVP Honored with NAIOP Arizona’s 2022 Award of Excellence
Keith Earnest, a 35-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry and executive vice president for VanTrust Real Estate, LLC, recently received NAIOP Arizona’s 2022 Award of Excellence. As EVP of VanTrust, Earnest has overseen the completion of 2.3 million square feet of development in Arizona, including office, industrial and multifamily projects. … [More]
Michael Pollack Donates Life-Changing Gift
Michael A. Pollack, president and founder of Michael A. Pollack Real Estate Investments, partnered last December with Child Crisis Arizona to treat each of 20 Valley families to a $1,000 shopping spree at Target, where they could use the money to buy groceries, clothing, toys or anything they might want or need for the holidays. … [More]
U.S. Egg Partners with Local Rescue to Find Dogs ‘Furever’ Homes
Family-owned and -operated U.S. Egg recently teamed up with local nonprofit KD’s Husky Rescue AZ to host a free adoption and fundraiser event where attendees could meet adoptable dogs as well as enjoy breakfast and lunch, including “pupcakes” shaped like huskies, while raising money for the nonprofit dedicated to helping unwanted huskies escape high-kill shelters in Arizona. … [More]
The Delivery Dilemma: How Package Deliveries Are Disrupting Multifamily Properties
With more package deliveries come new security challenges
As e-commerce continues to overthrow brick-and-mortar retail, the multifamily real estate industry is feeling the impact of online shopping’s biggest side effect: package deliveries. According to ButterflyMX data, package delivery volume at multifamily properties is estimated to grow almost 15% per year through 2025. The company analyzed data gathered from more than 18,000 … [More]
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 creatives are utilizing online platforms like Etsy and Shopify to grow their small businesses. Therefore, it’s important they use the entire digital landscape to their advantage. … [More]
Casa Grande Is Hot for Industrial Growth
Dale Cavan, a Phoenix-based developer, has purchased a 24-acre parcel in Casa Grande at the southeast corner of Thornton Road and Ash Avenue, with plans to build a new commerce park. The Casa Grande Commerce Park will feature a series of speculative buildings under 70,000 square feet to accommodate industrial needs in the area. Kirk McCarville, CCIM, and Trey Davis with … [More]
Gilbert Industrial Project Demonstrates Leasing Strength of Southeast Valley
On behalf of developers GID and SunCap Property Group, Graycor Construction Company has completed construction on Gilbert Spectrum Buildings 9, 10 and 11, three brand new Class A buildings within the 64-acre Gilbert Spectrum industrial park, located at McQueen and Elliot roads in Gilbert, Arizona. Being leased by Ken McQueen and Chris McClurg of Lee & Associates … [More]
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 designer. Efficiency and Flexibility First is to make sure to have a team where efficiency and flexibility are highly valued. … [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 significant apartment community situated on 13,500 square feet located near Roosevelt Row in central Phoenix. This boutique multifamily … [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 be Rinchem’s third in metro Phoenix and part of a global Rinchem supply chain that safely handles more than 4 billion pounds of … [More]
Todd Sanders: Embracing Change and Diversifying Fuels Growth
Strengthening the Phoenix Chamber and community businesses
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 companies across Arizona anticipate, prepare for and, ultimately, thrive through change. The recession in 2008 was a wakeup for me that the Chamber had to become more dynamic. … [More]
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 emergencies, outpatient or inpatient coverage to specific needs that support their mental health since COVID-19 exacerbated mental … [More]
Kidney Disease from an Employer Perspective
March is National Kidney Month and, while knowing your own personal kidney health is essential, employers may have unique concerns regarding hiring or continuing to employ someone with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Namely, how could it affect their business? ESRD is a fairly common ailment in the U.S. population. One in three Americans is at risk for kidney disease, and … [More]
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 ability of AI algorithms to process large amounts of data and identify patterns can be a game-changer in the fight against heart … [More]
Tech Trends to Watch for in 2023
Freedom and flexibility will become the mantra of virtually every data management professional this year. In particular, data management professionals will seek data mobility solutions that are cloud-enabled and support data migration, data replication and data synchronization across mixed environments, including disk, tape and cloud to maximize ROI by eliminating data silos. … [More]
Design Any Disaster
Hurricanes, wildfires, mass shootings and pandemics are a reality for 21st century families and small businesses. But here’s the truth: Not one of these has to be a disaster. In Design Any Disaster, certified emergency manager and master business continuity practitioner Patrick Hardy reveals the secrets of disaster preparedness that helped him build the largest and most … [More]
Exposing Pay
Should employees be allowed to discuss their pay with other employees? Should managers explain the logic underlying pay structures and decisions to employees? Should companies disclose more information on pay for particular positions or even an individual’s actual pay? Pay equity has become a hot topic in recent years with pay transparency viewed as an important way to narrow … [More]
