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Arizona Politics Trumps Economics; Students, Needy Families To Suffer
March 21, 2010
EDITORIAL
Are Arizona’s leaders, struggling with an overpowering deficit, downsizing state programs too far?
Last week, Gov. Jan Brewer signed the state’s fiscal 2011 budget of $8.9 billion, which is a reduction of $1.1 billion.
Budget supporters called the new budget a streamlining of state government. Critics say it is hardhearted, with more pain to follow.
Arizona’s [...]
New Arizona Company Completing High-Profile Commercial Developments
Sept. 10, 2009
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Former Opus West executives Jamie Godwin and Craig Zupancic have formed a commercial real estate consulting firm with a subsidiary offering a variety of contractor services.
The consulting firm is The Richard Solomon Group, or RSG. Its services include process development, operational management, design and engineering management, and project [...]
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July 7, 2009
Guest column
“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”
Warren Buffett
By Tom Ruff, The Information Market
A year ago I was batting clean up for the housingdoom.com team. Today, I’m called a cheerleader for ARMLS, comments like these don’t [...]
Sundt adding division for mining, water treatment and renewable energy projects
Nov. 25, 2008
Sundt Construction is adding a new division to focus on the specialized type of construction work sought by its mining and industrial clients.
The company’s new Mining & Industrial division will focus on projects for the mines throughout the Southwest as well as for water and wastewater plants, renewable energy facilities, and other large [...]
Opus West secures tenants for future Chandler shopping center
Nov. 20, 2008
Opus West Corp. has started work and secured tenant commitments at Mill Crossing, a new shopping center scheduled for opening in Chandler in late 2009.
J.C. Penney Co. (NYSE: JCP) will anchor the 170,000-square-foot center at the southwest corner of Gilbert and Germann roads. Other tenants will include:
• Shoe Carnival, a retailer that is [...]
Metro Phoenix’s rising office vacancy rates expected to worsen
Office space vacancies are highest in several suburbs of metro Phoenix, with total regional rates expected to worsen by mid-2009, according to new numbers released by Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona.
The metro region’s overall vacancy rate rose to 18.8 percent at the end of the third quarter 2008, up from 14 percent a year ago [...]
Metro Phoenix’s East Valley, with fuel at $5 a gallon
A look at the future of the East Valley with fuel prices reaching $5 a gallon will be enlightening, and probably painful.
That’s the topic the East Valley Partnership is offering, along with a lineup of powerhouse experts, at a Nov. 6 gathering at The Buttes, a Marriott Resort in Tempe. The Partnership’s invitation says, in [...]
New home prices nearing bottom in Phoenix
Stability in the prices of new homes in metro Phoenix is on the horizon, but resale prices will continue slipping, said R.L. Brown, publisher of the Phoenix Housing Market Letter.
He added that although investors remain active in the market, this time they’re likely using their own money, instead of lenders’, and they plan to hold [...]
Major New York developer opening Phoenix office
A company that owns, develops and manages key commercial real estate properties across the United States is opening its first office in Phoenix.
Rockefeller Group Development Corp. has named Mark Singerman of Phoenix to run the office at 2375 E. Camelback Road. Singerman is joining RGDC as a regional director.
His immediate duties will focus on the [...]
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