Archive for the ‘Chandler Real Estate Investment’ Category

Purchase is example of how drug developer is generating interest in city, Chandler says

Luci Scott and Edythe Jensen
The Arizona Republic

A big-name investment group with plans for a business park has snapped up 76.6 acres next to the future Covance site.

City officials say the land deal at Queen Creek and Gilbert roads, made public earlier this month, is a sign that the drug development giant is attracting national interest – and investment dollars – to Chandler. Read the rest of this entry »

The Republic

Sprouts Farmers Market, which says it is one of the fastest growing grocery retailers in the nation, opens its second Chandler store Tuesday on the northeastern corner of Alma School and Queen Creek roads. The store will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

Luci Scott
The Arizona Republic

Chandler is about to join the “green” building trend and get what appears to be the city’s first officially green office building: a two-story structure as part of Chandler Piazza, an 18-acre mixed-use project that is to include a hotel, retail and restaurants on the southeastern corner of Frye and Ellis roads. Read the rest of this entry »

Developer maintains control, has year to find equity lender

Luci Scott
The Arizona Republic

Jeff Cline, the developer of the troubled hotel-condo project at Chandler Fashion Center, has obtained a bridge loan of $24 million – saving the project from a foreclosure auction that had been scheduled for February.

The loan won’t be enough to get work restarted, but it buys Cline time – up to a year – to find an equity lender that would allow him to continue with construction. It also means he will retain control of the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Parker Finch Management, a Phoenix-headquartered community association management firm with franchises in Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson and Northwestern Arizona, has been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s new franchising “Young Guns.” Parker Finch is one of only two Arizona firms to be featured in the list.

The issue, on newsstands now, details companies that have started franchising their services in the past two years and is meant as a new business opportunity research guide for current and prospective business owners.

“With new home sales nationwide climbing more than 40 percent in the past five years, coupled with more than 300,000 current HOAs in the nation, the opportunity to franchise a successful community management model was certainly there,” said Matthew Wolach, Director of Franchise Development at Parker Finch. Read the rest of this entry »

Business-2-Business Host Rex Parry to Interview BuyerHunt Executives on December 2
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — (MARKET WIRE) — November 30, 2006 — BuyerHunt announced today that Rex Parry, the host of the Business-2-Business radio talk show on 1310 KXAM in Phoenix, will interview BuyerHunt Founder Gregory Hague; Vice President of Product Management, Jake Cunningham; and Vice President of Operations, Corbin Hague. The interview will air between 5 and 6pm on Saturday, December 2. Read the rest of this entry »

TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AirToolz Software, provider of the proven AirWavz construction scheduling and communications solution for production homebuilders, is pleased to announce that Camelot Homes has selected AirWavz as their solution of choice for construction scheduling. Camelot Homes is one of the oldest, family owned homebuilders in Arizona, with more than 35 years of experience building thousands of homes in Arizona’s finest communities. Camelot has maintained a sound and responsible business strategy that has allowed them to thrive during four decades of homebuilding. Read the rest of this entry »

– Opens North American Headquarters in Phoenix —

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Redwood Group, a New Zealand-based developer with an international real estate portfolio worth more than $600 million, has expanded its operations to the United States.

The company has opened its U.S. headquarters in Phoenix at 201 W. Indian School Road, in the historic Valley National Bank building. Read the rest of this entry »

CHANDLER, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Engenuity Systems, Inc., the leading distributor of intelligent networked control components, and Lagotek Corporation, best known for making high quality home automation affordable to homes throughout the U.S., signed an agreement today to distribute Lagotek’s wireless Home Intelligence Platform (HIP). The agreement between the two organizations enables Lagotek to connect with over 800 dealers already affiliated with Engenuity.

“Signing this distribution agreement with Engenuity is a very important step for Lagotek. It will allow us to significantly expand our dealer Read the rest of this entry »

New Chandler Office Space 100 Percent Pre-Sold, Evidence of Growth in Airpark Area

MESA, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–COBE Development today broke ground on Carmél Professional Plaza, a new office development located on more than six acres on the southwest corner of Gilbert Road and Queen Creek Road in Chandler. The $13 million project is 100 percent pre-sold and is scheduled for occupancy in the summer of 2007. Read the rest of this entry »