Achievements Pomchies a Fastest-Growing Company Footprint Awarded for Sustainable Packaging Breakthrough Delta Dental of AZ’s Customer Call Center Tops in U.S., Canada Philanthropy Boeing Co. Grants $125K to Phoenix Children’s Homeless Youth Outreach … [More]
Our Bioscience Economy
“If you look at Phoenix of old — if the pandemic had happened in the Phoenix of old — we’d have immediately launched into a recession, like a lot of other top markets have launched into a quasi-recession. But because Phoenix is so diversified in so many industries, the city manager announced last week we have a $76-million surplus this year. Not in a recession. We are moving … [More]
Richard J. Gray, M.D., Mayo Clinic
Bioscience may be redefining the economy in Phoenix — and even statewide. It spans sectors, connecting institutions from universities to hospital networks to private companies. In December, Mayo Clinic acquired 228 acres of land adjacent to our campus in North Phoenix, paving the way to develop a transformative biotech and life sciences corridor called Discovery Oasis. The … [More]
Feedback: April 2022
Q: Please share some of the benefits your mentoring program brings to your company. Christopher Cano Director of Artistic Operations and the Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio Arizona Opera Sector: Arts The Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio of Arizona Opera is currently celebrating its 15th season. Over the past 15 years, Arizona Opera has auditioned thousands of … [More]
JPMorgan Chase Invests in Second Chance Hiring
JPMorgan Chase recently brought to Phoenix its Second Chance program, previously launched in Chicago and Columbus. Operating in collaboration with Phoenix-based nonprofits to provide career coaching and more, the community-based hiring model Phoenix will help remove barriers for qualified people with criminal backgrounds to secure employment at JPMorgan Chase — if their … [More]
Adamo Ed Offers innovative Micro-School Model
Adamo Education is the “next evolution of learning,” combining elements from traditional, online and home school education models to create a positive, personalized environment where children love to learn, according to its founder and CEO Tamara Becker, an educator with 25 years of experience in traditional, charter, online and hybrid school models. The multi-age micro … [More]
Banks and Credit Unions: Understanding the Differences
Bank or credit union? That’s a question most will have when deciding where to begin their financial journey. Credit unions are often misunderstood. In fact, some common misconceptions about credit unions are that strict requirements exist for membership and that credit unions don’t have up-to-date technology. Both may have been true in the past but are no longer the case. … [More]
Looking Good 2022 – April Standouts
Achievements NAIOP Arizona Honored at Industry Merit Awards Have Her Back One of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies Camelot Homes Receives Top Honors in Homebuyers’ Choice Awards Philanthropy ProShred Arizona Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Arizona Cox Techs Install Critical Technology for the First 3D Printed Home in Arizona … [More]
Caribou: Childcare & Community
Taking to heart the advice, “Create a product that people need,” Dinali de Silva and Jordan Kong founded Caribou last year to provide “reliable childcare.” Says de Silva, “Childcare in America is a fragmented and broken system. The current options are either too expensive for the average family or don't offer the one-to-one attention that young kids need. At Caribou, we believe … [More]
Phoenix Is a Top 10 Startup City
In the past decade, Phoenix has developed into a technological hub to rival that of Silicon Valley. The capital city’s rise as an innovation center has made it one of the fastest-growing metros in the United States, with job growth exceeding the national average by 44%. This is among several key findings in a new study from Clever Real Estate that ranks Phoenix as the … [More]
Family Tradition Inspires Leila’s Empanadas
Owner and chef Leila Beltrame of Leila’s Empanadas, started putting her artisan empanadas and Brazilian cheese rolls on the market last November, launching with an event to benefit a local nonprofit. “They are healthy food options because they do not contain any type of preservative,” she says, noting they use the best ingredients available, including organic. “We sell them … [More]
VDC Leading the Way in Creating Sustainable Buildings
As the industry continues to overcome the aftermath of the pandemic, in addition to today’s supply chain issues, leaders are seeking better efficiencies within the workplace now more than ever before. In a larger effort to keep up with the high demand of commercial real estate projects, implementing virtual design & construction (VDC) within their processes can benefit … [More]
Korman Communities, RXR Make Phoenix Debut with Flexible-Living Multifamily Development
Korman Communities and RXR have completed the purchase of their first property in the Phoenix market: AVE Phoenix Terra at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Fillmore Street. The newly opened 348-unit, seven-story, professionally managed, Class A residential mid-rise features luxury apartments, fully furnished apartments, 60,000 square feet of amenity space, and 7,000 … [More]
Peoria’s Largest Master-Planned Community Site Draws Developer
Castle Hill Partners, an Austin-based community developer, purchased the 5,261-acre master-planned community project known as Saddleback Heights. The parcel is the largest remaining undeveloped master planned community project site in the city of Peoria, Arizona. “This is one of the highest-quality sites for a new master planned community we have seen in our search of the … [More]
Abrazo to Build Med Campus in W. Phoenix
Abrazo Health has acquired property to develop a medical campus on 27 acres near the southwest corner of I-10 and Verrado Way. The initial phase of the development is expected to break ground in 2022. Plans for the campus include a medical office building, ambulatory services and an acute care hospital. Abrazo Health anticipates that its new medical campus will be a health care … [More]
Rehab Hospital Breaks Ground in Peoria
Adolfson & Peterson Construction, a top national construction management firm and general contractor, and Reunion Rehabilitation Hospitals, a system of state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation hospitals — with support from America Development & Investments LLC, a leading healthcare real estate developer based in Dallas — recently broke ground on a new, … [More]
New CRE Firm Addresses Arizona’s Growing Need for Healthcare Facilities
As the Phoenix area continues to see the nation’s fastest growth, demand for medical services is also rising. To help clinicians provide the care the Valley needs, long-time commercial real estate broker Trisha Talbot recently launched Doc Properties, a real estate investment services firm that serves healthcare practices and investors in a booming property … [More]
‘I Bend Spoons,’ Says 72SOLD Creator
There’s a popular scene from the 1999 blockbuster hit movie The Matrix in which Keanu Reeves (Neo) interacts with a child who appears to bend a spoon with his mind. As he hands the spoon to Reeves, the young boy says, “Do not try to bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth … There is no spoon.” I see business that way. You can’t look at “the … [More]
