Arizona Builders Alliance (ABA) with the help of construction industry workers across the state helped make a difference in the lives of over 3,000 children in need this holiday season through the 15th Annual Community Service Board's 2024 Toy Drive. Over 150 Arizona construction companies and individuals collected the mountain of toys, gifts, and approximately $45,000 in … [More]
Arizona Builders Deliver Thousands of Toys to Kids in Need
Arizona’s 2nd largest toy drive brought holiday cheer to children across the state
2024’s Most Popular (and Most Unusual) Home Searches Revealed
This year, Zillow enhanced its natural language search feature, allowing home shoppers to search for their next home as naturally as they would speak to family or friends. Buyers and renters can use everyday language instead of preset filters to search by commute time, affordability and nearby schools or points of interest. This new feature showed what Americans were … [More]
Phoenix Selects Arizona-Based Architectural Firm for Resource Innovation Campus
Phoenix City Council selected Arizona-based architectural firm Krause as the winner of the C40 Cities Reinventing Cities Initiative to develop Phoenix’s Resource Innovation Campus. The Council voted to enter into a contract with Arizona-based architectural firm Krause to develop Phoenix’s Resource Innovation Campus. Through its design, Krause and their collaborators will … [More]
Multi-Year Agreement Brings Industry-Leading Technology to Nearly 400 Pickleball Franchises
Pickleball Kingdom, the world's largest indoor pickleball entity, announced a partnership with PodPlay Technologies that will bring PodPlay's best-in-class technology to Pickleball Kingdom's fast-growing network of franchises. PodPlay delivers a seamless pickleball experience from check-in to match highlights by integrating hardware-enabled features like user-initiated video … [More]
Most Entrepreneurial States in 2024; See Where Arizona Ranks
As 2024 concludes, a new report aimed to identify where the most hard-working Americans live, and it is not necessarily the richest or the poorest states. Utah ranked as the most entrepreneurial state, with Arizona and Texas following closely behind in second and third positions. On the other hand, Montana, South Dakota, and Alaska displayed the least enthusiasm in starting a … [More]
SBA Announced Upcoming Launch of the 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the upcoming launch of the 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) for entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) focused on innovation-driven startups and entrepreneurs in underserved regions, industries, and communities to launch, grow, and scale. The competition strengthens ESO capacity, builds connections, and … [More]
Phoenix Community Alliance Announces 2024 Center City Award Winners
Every year since 1993, Downtown Phoenix’s premier business leadership and advocacy organization, Phoenix Community Alliance (PCA), thoughtfully hand-selects luminaries who have positively contributed to and impacted Downtown Phoenix’s continuous transformation and presents them with a Center City Award. For 2024, PCA is pleased to announce that Catrina Kahler, Billy Shields, … [More]
P.B. Bell Names New CEO
P.B. Bell, a leading multifamily real estate company, recently appointed Justin Steltenpohl as its new CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025. This announcement comes alongside other recent leadership hires and appointments, showcasing the company’s commitment to ensuring its continued success and longevity. Chapin Bell, the owner of the company, will remain involved as Chairman of P.B. … [More]
Arcadia Shopping Center Transforms with New Tenants and Modern Upgrades
Westwood Financial, a more than 50-year-old leading retail real estate investment firm based in Los Angeles, announces the opening of Derma Health at Camelback Village in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. In addition, LaLa Land Kind Cafe has signed a lease at the center and will open in 2025. With this latest momentum, Camelback Village is now 100% leased. Since launching a … [More]
Postino WineCafé to Open Its First West Valley Location
Postino WineCafé is excited to announce its grand opening at The Park at 83 on Saturday, January 4, bringing its signature blend of delicious food, exceptional wine, and warm hospitality to Phoenix’s West Valley for the first time. Whether planning an office happy hour, a romantic date night, a celebratory dinner, or pre- or post-Spring Training game patio brew, Postino offers … [More]
Builder Acquires Land to Develop 599 Affordable Apartment Homes in Surprise
Dominium, a leading affordable housing owner, developer and manager announced that it has closed a deal to acquire land for the development of a new community of affordable housing in Surprise, Arizona. Dominium plans to use the land located at 13500 N Cotton Lane in Surprise to construct Arterra and Orchard Springs, new high-quality housing communities for low-income families … [More]
Developer Completes 418,000 SF Distribution Center in Surprise
Rockefeller Group announced today that it has completed construction of a 418,400 square foot distribution center on 24 acres in Surprise, Ariz., part of the Southwest Valley industrial submarket. Surprise Pointe Commerce Center can accommodate one to four tenants and offers 36-foot clear height, 80 dock doors, a 190’ truck yard, 103 truck trailer parking stalls, 466 … [More]
Village Health Clubs Partners to Launch Healthcare Program
In January 2025, the teams behind The Village Health Clubs and Spas and Preamble, a healthspan and longevity membership program, will launch a first-of-its-kind healthspan healthcare program: The Village Vitality Program Powered by Preamble. The four-month personal care program combines the expertise of both brands to feature the latest advancements in medical science with … [More]
Tempe Favorite To-Go Pasta Spot Announces Franchise Program
The Spaghetti Shack, a beloved to-go pasta concept founded by five lifelong friends, is taking its community-first philosophy to the next level by announcing the launch of its franchising program. Rooted in Tempe, Arizona, The Spaghetti Shack serves up classic Italian-American comfort food and is ready to bring its signature mix of quality, affordability, and community values … [More]
Team Behind Denver Beer Co. Announce New Downtown Phoenix Brewery
Formation Brewing, the latest concept from the team behind the award-winning Denver Beer Co., will officially open its doors in early 2025 in the heart of Phoenix’s vibrant Roosevelt Row neighborhood. Located at 925 N 5th St., between Taco Chelo and Le Du Thai, Formation Brewing will offer a welcoming space for craft beer enthusiasts and food lovers alike. “We’ve been inspired … [More]
2025 Housing Market Predictions from the Arizona Association of REALTORS®
2024 marked a year of sustained demand in Arizona’s housing market as inventory remains limited and demand is high from continued population growth. With 2025 on the horizon, the Arizona REALTORS® is forecasting the housing projections for the year and the impact of 2024 as they expect increased activity in the market and interest rates to slightly stabilize. "The … [More]
Rent Growth Continues to Slow, Phoenix Metro Down 1.2 Percent
CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released its latest Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), which analyzes single-family rent price changes nationally and across major metropolitan areas. The report highlights the slowing growth in key rental metros which all experienced population spikes during the … [More]
ADOT to Use Federal Grant to Study Low-Carbon Paving Materials
$27 million grant allows research on sustainable pavements
The Arizona Department of Transportation is gearing up for a study of low-carbon transportation materials after the award of a $27 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). ADOT will use the grant to develop a research program on the use of qualifying low-carbon pavement materials in future highway improvement projects. Potential projects would be … [More]
