Frustration with cumbersome and repetitive authentication processes are overwhelmingly causing consumers to search for brands and digital experiences that securely unify and simplify identity verification, according to a new report by the Business Performance Innovation Network and CMO Council, entitled “Authentication Frustration. How Companies Lose Customers in The Digital … [More]
Landscape Trends in COVID-Era Residential Development
The year 2020 brought so many challenges, yet so many great stories. Isolation from lockdown simply reinforced our need for community and desire for social connections. “Netflix and chill” gave way to a beautiful spring where tree-lined pathways through community greenbelts were filled with joggers and bikers. Pet adoptions were at all-time highs, and the development of dog … [More]
Tri Pointe Homes Adding New Homes in Three Metro Phoenix Communities
In our hot housing market where low inventories are a big part of the problem, Tri Pointe Homes (which served the Phoenix market for more than 25 years under the name Maracay®) has acquired 210 homesites on which it plans to build new homes in three communities across the Phoenix metro area. The land purchases in Chandler and San Tan Valley fit the homebuilder’s growth strategy … [More]
Toyota Financial Services Center Opens with Regional Design and LEED Cert
Toyota Financial Services Experience Center West was recently completed. Located in Allred Park Place at 1650 S. Price Road in Chandler, Arizona, TFS West is a 56,219-square-foot workplace organized into neighborhoods with a variety of spaces to support employees’ unique work styles and changing needs. Focus zones, formal meeting environments and informal collaboration spaces … [More]
Multifamily Development in Downtown Phoenix
JE Dunn Construction and Lincoln Ventures, an Austin-based student housing and national multifamily developer, recently broke ground on 811 N. 3rd Street, a 24-story, 326-unit multifamily development located in the heart of the arts district in Downtown Phoenix. This is Lincoln Ventures’ first multifamily development in Phoenix. The to-be-named project will feature … [More]
New Peoria Self-Storage Facility
Glendale-based land development company Mangat Group has partnered with Aberdeen Management & Development for a locally owned and operated Arizona Self Storage facility on the southwest corner of Loop 101 and Olive Avenue in Peoria. This is Arizona Self Storage’s ninth property in the state and third in the West Valley. Construction began in late October with a year build, … [More]
Industrial Project in Booming Chandler Airport Submarket
Denver-based Comunale Properties and Stevens-Leinweber Construction recently broke ground on Chandler Connection, a 201,000-square-foot, mid-bay Class A industrial project within the booming Chandler Airport industrial submarket in Chandler, Arizona. The project, which is located at 2411 E. Germann Road, between Gilbert and Cooper roads, is Comunale’s first ground-up industrial … [More]
Feedback: December 2021
Question: What economic trends do you expect will impact your business in 2022? Simon Beltran President and Chief Revenue Officer O’Neil Printing Sector: Business Services Supply chain challenges will continue to impact our business and the clients we serve. From raw material availability and associated inflation to the impact on timing from logistics providers, we will … [More]
Healthcare Model Integrates Mental Health Care
There is a mental health crisis in the United States, one that has been difficult to meet the demands of. State-run facilities do their best to aid those who are in need of care, but resources are stretched thin. Local facilities are unable to provide more permanent fixes or long-term treatments for ailments due to the vast numbers of patients. In Arizona, for example, where … [More]
Health Insurance for the Gig Economy
The Association for Entrepreneurship USA and Hooray Health, an affordable benefit solution that provides nationwide access to healthcare, have teamed up to provide health insurance to self-employed individuals and those working in the gig economy. Smashing industry norms, Hooray Health’s approach uses Urgent Care with basic insured benefits that give people first-dollar … [More]
Text Marketing 101
In my experience, the key to business success is communicating the right message to the right clients at the right time. When businesspeople communicate effectively with current and prospective clients, they can increase conversion, reduce churn and build long-term relationships that result in more sales. But engaging with customers and prospects can be difficult if the … [More]
GitKraken Gains Git Strength, Adding GitLens and GitLens’ Creator
GitKraken, creator of the world’s leading Git GUI and CLI, recently acquired GitLens, the most popular Git extension for Visual Studio Code. GitLens was created by Eric Amodio in 2016, and has since been developed and maintained nearly exclusively by Amodio in his spare time. He joins GitKraken and will serve as the company’s chief technology officer, to lead GitLens and … [More]
2022 Lamborghini Urus Graphite Capsule
The Urus Graphite Capsule presents Lamborghini drivers all the possibilities to go anywhere with inimitable character and style. Sporting a powerful look and a dynamic stance, these exclusive configurations combine sophisticated satin-effect matte colors with contrasting bright-colored details that may express new interpretations of its owner’s personality. The Urus Graphite … [More]
Gift Cards Support Local
A popular employee gift for many employers is a gift card. Several local restaurants have special offers this holiday season to make that budget item go a bit further. Grimaldi’s Pizzeria Grimaldi’s will give a $10 bonus card with purchase of a $50 gift card and a $20 bonus card with purchase of a $100 gift card, online and in-store (excluding Grimaldi’s Pizzeria To-Go) … [More]
Streets of New York – Italy in the Neighborhood
There is something to say about a classic, and that’s just what the local and privately-owned pizzeria, Streets of New York, brings to the table with classic East Coast-style pizza and authentic Italian cuisine. Starting with the opening of the original Streets of New York location at 32nd Street and Cactus in north Phoenix in 1976, and now with locations across Arizona and in … [More]
Holiday Season Retail: Shoppers Will Make Up for Lost Time
JLL recently surveyed U.S. consumers to find out how they intended to shop for the holiday season … and the news is good for the retail sector. Shoppers plan to spend 25.4% more this holiday season than in 2020. That’s a rise from an average $694 per person last year to an average $870 per person this year — getting us back to almost pre-pandemic levels. Phoenix’s … [More]
Splitting the Homebuyer/Agent Commission
Homie, a disruptive real estate technology company changing the way homes are bought and sold, recently implemented a 50/50 program that offers buyers an opportunity to get a rebate of up to 50% of the offered buyer agent commission when also using other Homie affiliated services such as Homie Loans, Homie Title and Homie Insurance. “Our goal at Homie is to change the way … [More]
New Franchise Brings Personalized Fitness to Differently Abled
A new fitness franchise recently opened its doors in the West Valley, bringing the latest scientific approach to fitness to individuals with physical and mental challenges, including those diagnosed with conditions like autism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy. The Special Strong franchise is growing rapidly, demonstrating the emerging … [More]
