JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa announced its new culinary leadership team at Tía Carmen and Kembara, which includes Dejan Djukic as destination restaurant chef of Tía Carmen and Kembara, Jared Parks as senior sous chef of Tía Carmen, and Stephanie Lechuga as senior sous chef of Kembara. Dejan Djukic, Destination Restaurant Chef of Tía Carmen & … [More]
Advanced Recycling Co. to Invest over $20M in First U.S. Commercial Facility in Mesa
Cyclic Materials, the advanced recycling company creating a circular supply chain for rare earth elements (REEs) and other critical materials, announced it has invested over $20M in its first commercial facility, located in Mesa, Arizona. The new state-of-the-art facility will be the company’s first global REE recycling operation focused on the separation of permanent magnets … [More]
Community Action Nonprofit Names New CEO
Tempe Community Action Agency announced the appointment of its new CEO Phillip Scharf, who assumed leadership of the East Valley nonprofit on April 7. Scharf succeeds Deborah Arteaga, who is retiring after nine years of leadership. “TCAA is thrilled to work with Phillip and deepen TCAA’s commitment to addressing barriers to housing, food security and financial stability in … [More]
NAIOP Arizona Honors 40-Year Industry Veteran
Mike Haenel, an Executive Vice Chair with Cushman & Wakefield in Phoenix, has been named NAIOP Arizona’s 2025 Award of Excellence recipient. The award will be presented at the Best of NAIOP awards ceremony on May 1 at the Arizona Financial Theatre. The event will also celebrate Best of NAIOP’s own 30 incredible years of excellence in commercial real estate. The NAIOP … [More]
Latest Wave of Restaurants, Services & First-to-Market Experiences Join $2B Redevelopment of Former Paradise Valley Mall
RED Development unveiled the latest lineup of tenants joining PV, the $2 billion transformation of the former Paradise Valley Mall, with six new additions, including a celebrity chef restaurant, first-to-market concepts and standout regional favorites. PV will mark the first expansion for Cala, a concept created by Phoenix-based hospitality firm Clive Collective, founded by … [More]
Their Take: Economic Uncertainty Is the Time to ‘Prepare for the Best’
On April 5, 2025, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, which provides a daily uncertainty index based on news, forecasting, and tax codes for the United States, reported its1 highest score (992.75) in the past 12 months. In this context, uncertainty means a situation where the outcomes are increasingly hard to measure. Since that time, … [More]
