Incremental increases in homeownership rates and home values among Black households would help shrink the current $3 trillion racial wealth gap by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade, according to a new Zillow analysis. Today's typical Black household has only about 23% of the wealth of a typical white household, down from 34.6% before the Great Recession. … [More]
WEBINAR – Apr 28: Restaurant Revitalization Fund: What Small Businesses Need to Know
Join this special webinar to learn all you need to know about the RRF. Who can apply? How to apply? When to apply? What documents are needed to apply? Live Q&A with SBA, Beth, and Holly to answer your questions about small business relief including PPP, ERTC, EIDL and RRF. Please submit your questions ahead of the webinar so we can make sure to answer … [More]
Aviation Part Co. Gains 1.5M Parts from Iberia Maintenance in Largest Acquisition to Date
Chandler-based AvAir, an industry-leading inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, has secured their largest acquisition to date with Iberia Maintenance to gain more than 1.5 million consumable parts and 30,000 tagged rotable components. Iberia Maintenance offers Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul services to more than 50 customers worldwide including all IAG … [More]
Celebrate Jazz at MIM This Weekend
Indulge your love of all things jazz this weekend at Celebrate Jazz! The entire family can experience West Coast jazz with local band Union32, have fun crafting a microphone, and enjoy delicious treats from food trucks—on site this weekend only! Feel the energy of New Orleans and Cuba with a Latin and early jazz performance from Josiel Perez’s Afro-Cuban All-Stars band on … [More]
Rio Reimagined Celebrates Earth Day with Salt River Community Clean-Up
Rio Reimagined, in partnership with Arizona State University, the City of Phoenix and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, is hosting a day-long community clean-up at the Salt River on Saturday, April 24 in honor of Earth Day. Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and District 7 Councilmember Yassamin Ansari will give welcoming remarks at 9:00 a.m. before the first volunteers … [More]
ADERO Scottsdale Makes the ‘IT’ List
Travel + Leisure announced its 2021 It List, featuring the best new hotels and resorts of the past year, and ADERO Scottsdale, an Autograph Collection hotel, managed by Aqua-Aston Hospitality, earned a coveted spot on the illustrious list following its debut as Scottsdale’s first Dark Sky Zone resort in October 2020. The new resort joins Autograph Collection’s diverse and … [More]
Axis Raintree, a New Speculative Office Building, Opens in Scottsdale
The three-story building was designed by RSP Architects and built by Willmeng Construction, and offers 175,112 square feet of Class A office space. Built on a 5-acre site at 8605 E. Raintree Drive, the property is situated roughly 3 miles from Scottsdale Airport and has easy access to the 101 Freeway, with Phoenix located some 22 miles southwest of the asset. Axis … [More]
SmartRent to Go Public in $2.2 Billion Merger with Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I
SmartRent.com, Inc. has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital firm focused on the global real estate industry and proptech. Upon the closing of the transaction, the combined company will be publicly … [More]
Nikola Energy and TravelCenters of America to Deploy Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure
Nikola Corporation, through its Nikola Energy division, and TravelCenters of America Inc., the largest publicly-traded operator/franchisor of full-service travel centers in the United States, have agreed to collaborate on the installation of hydrogen fueling stations for heavy-duty trucks at two existing TA-Petro sites. This collaboration is a first step for the parties to … [More]
Center for the Future of Arizona Releases Report with Results from the 2020 Gallup Arizona Survey
The Center for the Future of Arizona (CFA) released The Arizona We Want: The Decade Ahead report with critical data and valuable insights from the second decennial 2020 Gallup Arizona Survey on April 21. The survey reveals Arizonans agree on seven shared public values, defined as the major issues on which at least 70 percent of Arizonans agree, and identifies 42 specific … [More]
