GVC (Give Virtual Care) Health Tech is a non-insurance, best-in-class, virtual healthcare solution offering a comprehensive healthcare membership of unlimited virtual access for general health, mental health, crisis care, expert second medical opinions and discounted prescriptions. With labor shortages plaguing the country, the GVC private-labeled Give Virtual Care App … [More]
Phoenix Is the Next Area of Opportunity for Chicago-Based Development Group
The Phoenix metro area is home to some of Chicago’s greatest exports — Chicago Cubs Spring Training, Portillo’s and Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, to name a few. Soon, Phoenix will also be home to Belgravia Group’s first out-of-Chicago development — Portico. It’s a monumental and exciting move for the 70-plus-year-old luxury development firm — and a natural one. Belgravia Group’s … [More]
Upscale Retail Town Center for Verrado
A major retail center is due to start taking shape mid next year at the Verrado development in Buckeye. DMB Associates, the master developer of the 8,800-acre Verrado master-planned community, is partnering with Vestar, the largest privately-held shopping center owner, developer and manager in the western United States, to create a dynamic retail center. Verrado Marketplace … [More]
Dominium Addresses Area’s Affordable Housing Need
With the grand opening last month of Solstice of Mesa, Dominium celebrated its first new construction project in Arizona — a 289,840-square-foot, 237-unit apartment complex for seniors earning no more than 60% of area median income. Located at Hawes and Broadway roads, the project is already 100% leased due to need in the area. Tofel Dent Construction of Tucson was the … [More]
Lincoln Property Co. Readies Next Phoenix Mega Project
LPC Desert West, the Southwest arm of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co., has completed a $53 million, 140-acre land acquisition in Glendale, Arizona, for its next mega metro Phoenix industrial project, Luke Field. The $515-million, 2.3-million-square-foot development is bordered by Litchfield Road, Northern Avenue, the new Northern Parkway and Luke Air Force Base. It is minutes … [More]
IndiCap and AECOM-Canyon Partners Enter the Phoenix Market with Planned Industrial
IndiCap, a newly formed boutique commercial real estate company specializing in industrial investment and development in the Arizona and Nevada sectors, in a joint venture with AECOM-Canyon Partners, announced its entry into the Phoenix real estate market with the recent $48-million acquisition of two parcels of land totaling 113 acres in the Eastmark master-planned community … [More]
ViaWest Group Closes on 4th Opportunity Zone Deal
ViaWest Group, in a joint-venture with American Opportunity Zone Advisors LLC, has acquired an 8.8-acre land parcel in Goodyear, one of the top 10 fastest-growing cities in the U.S. and Arizona’s second-fastest-growing city, adding a valuable development parcel to its extensive portfolio. This unimproved land site is situated immediately south of its Goodyear Crossing … [More]
Lilach Mazor Power Brings the Power to Cannabis
Lilach Mazor Power is the founder and CEO of Mazor Collective — the only woman-majority-owned Arizona cannabis company. The collective includes vertically integrated Arizona-based Giving Tree Dispensary as well as product lines Kindred; Sneakers; and a cannabis for menopause brand, Revelry. Power has served nine years in the industry with a focus on R&D and retail. … [More]
Detox Centers Expand as Overdose Epidemic Increases
A May 2022 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021 than any previous year. Out of the 107,622 casualties, more than 80,000 people died using opioids, including pain pills and fentanyl, a drug almost 100 times stronger than morphine. In Arizona, the epidemic continues to increase as well, where more … [More]
Optimizing Braincare Services
Wave Neuroscience has partnered with Arkos Health — a risk-bearing medical group delivering virtual and in-home clinical services under value-based arrangements — to increase access to vital mental health services, offering its at-home Braincare™ technologies to Medicaid beneficiaries in Arizona. The program launched last month in Maricopa, Pima, Pinal and Yuma counties, with … [More]
Scale Up E-Commerce
All e-commerce businesses hit a plateau at some point. They grow rapidly but, once they hit a certain amount of revenue, they can’t seem to scale beyond it. Plateaus are scary but completely normal and totally fixable. With a good e-commerce strategy, businesses can expand their horizons, remove bottlenecks, and grow faster than ever. Customer Reviews Businesses aren’t the … [More]
The Internet – Transforming the Economy
The Economic Impact of the Market-Making Internet, a study released every four years by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), reported recently that the internet contributed $48 billion to the state’s GDP in 2020 and accounted for 135,900 jobs in Arizona. The growth in Arizona’s internet jobs has been remarkable, going from around 37,000 in 2012 to just under 136,000 in … [More]
(Not) Business as Usual: Corporate Political Activity in 2022
Inflation, the economy, taxes, gas prices, labor and supply shortages, education, immigration. Today’s state of affairs is rife with motivation to join in the political debate this election season. This holds true for the business community, which is significantly impacted by the policies enacted here in Arizona and in Washington, D.C., as well as the elected officials … [More]
Leading with Heart
As we reach the peak of the Great Resignation, two veteran executive coaches help today’s leaders learn how to retain and inspire their teams through the one thing their research has found works: LEADING with HEART. In these pages, leadership coaches John Baird and Edward Sullivan share hundreds of hours of research and firsthand accounts of guiding leaders at some of the … [More]
Dare to Lead Like a Girl
Dare to Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy, intuition, passion and resilience take their rightful place, where women can lead like women and men can tap into their more feminine leadership traits and dare to lead (more) like a girl! Dalia Feldheim was one of the … [More]
How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation
Silicon Valley’s genius combined with limited corporate regulation promised a new age of technological innovation in which entrepreneurs would create companies that would, in turn, fuel unprecedented job growth. Yet, disruptive innovation has stagnated even as the five leading tech giants — which account for approximately 25% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization — are … [More]
Eye on Arizona’s Economy
From inflation and Arizona’s local real estate market to the national energy scene and other global geopolitical issues, every day seems to bring new economic news to the forefront, but with little real-world context into how these developments will affect growth at the grassroots level. Putting Issues into Context At Alliance Bank of Arizona’s most recent Economic Forum, … [More]
Cultivating the Generosity of Seasonal Residents
As people become more mobile, so does their attitude toward giving. The notion that seasonal residents with homes in multiple communities are an unlikely source of philanthropic support is just false. Plain and simple. The Power of Personal Connections Howard Katz, a retired Goldman Sachs executive who lives in Manhattan, the Hamptons and Scottsdale, never intended to get … [More]
