Friday Volume 4 Issue 90 Issue Date: January 10, 2014 CONNECTING THE LOCAL BUILDING INDUSTRY $80M Downtown Phoenix Hotel Planned for Luhrs Block By Eric Jay Toll for A new $80M dual-purpose hotel Arizona Builder’s is slated to rise from the site of a Exchange two-story vacant building at Central Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Phoenix. Hansji Urban plans the capstone of its Luhrs Block dedicated to a Courtyard by Marriott renovating the art deco Luhrs Tower development with a 320 room hotel. and about 200 rooms for a Residence and the companion Luhrs Building The new 240KSF, 19-story Luhrs Inn by Marriott. into a mixture of retail and office City Center Marriott, according to uses. The historic Tower and Building its application with Phoenix, will ACRM Architects, San Diego, is the renovations are underway. be divided with around 120 rooms designer of the complex. Owner Hansji Urban has not selected a The new hotel features four floors of GC or opened a bid process for amenities, including conference and construction. The “Main and Main” meeting space, private dining and On the Job development will ultimately take the a public bar and bistro. The lobby City Center Marriott entire block bound by Central and area is open to the second floor. First avenues, Jefferson and Madison The mezzanine-style second level Volume: $80M streets. includes a buffet and dining area for hotel guests. Owner: Hansji Urban When submitting the building Design: ACRM permit application to Phoenix, Hansji Four meeting rooms, a board room projected construction starting this and pre-function space take up the GC: Solicitation not yet open spring on the final piece in the Luhrs public areas on the third floor. On City Center Phoenix. The company is the third floor, the hotel features Rendering Credit: Hansji Urban Luhrs City Center Project Solicitations in this Issue: 32 Design/Consultant 36 Horizontal 16 Commercial 8 Products & Equipment 3 Development Opps 21 Utilities 17 Maintenance 40 Bid Results/Awards The Arizona Builder’s Exchange is a compilation of information gathered from the public domain. Individual articles are protected by their respective copyright. The publication as a whole is copyright protected to the Arizona Builder’s Exchange. To forward or share the information with others outside of your firm is a violation of that copyright, punishable by law. 2 Volume 4, Issue 90 Table of Contents Articles 4 4 Glendale Union High School Building $30M Phase at Schools 5 Flagstaff Downtown Tax District Ready for Launch 6 East Valley Partnership Chief Roc Arnett Describes His Eden 7 Zoning Code Revision Could Mean Higher Buildings at Scottsdale Airpark 7 Progressive Service Center Slated for Tucson 7 7 Standard Pacific Ocotillo Homes Replaces Ballpark with Homes in Chandler 8 $20M Runway Upgrade Slated for Scottsdale Airport 9 Fountain Hills Projects Topping $15M Start This Year 10 Surprise OKs Density Increase at Tierra Verde East 12 Peoria Program Streamlining Building-Permit Process Sections 8 10 Classifieds 11 Local Industry Professionals in the News 13 Bid Results & Project Awards 16 Local Projects Making News 18 Industry Events 9 Project Opportunities 19 Planning/Design/Inspection/Consultant 22 Development Opportunities 23 Horizontal 29 Utilities 16 30 Commercial 33 Maintenance & Alterations 34 Products & Equipment 35 Pre-Solicitations 3 Friday, January 10, 2014 $80M Downtown Phoenix Hotel Planned (Cont’d) Meet the Continued from page 1 Team! additional event space and a private dining room. Public areas include the pool and fitness center. Rebekah Morris - Publisher Alice Hansji is still in the process of finalizing the exterior design 480-709-4190 to complement the historic standards of the Tower and [email protected] Building north of the site. A two-story empty building will be demolished to make way for the new construction. The company plans to unveil the final details later in the month. Rachel Kettenhofen - Editor The White Rabbit Cushman & Wakefield are leasing agents for the retail and 480-227-2620 office space in the Tower and Building. [email protected] Eric Jay Toll - Senior Correspondent Cheshire Cat 602-617-3797 [email protected] Arizona Builders Exchange 1700 N McClintock Dr. Tempe, AZ 85281 AZBEX News Correction Notice: On November 22, AZBEX ran a story about the proposed CVS store on the west side of Sedona. Although the article is accurate, the headline created some headaches for the city. We titled Rendering Credit: Hansji Urban Luhrs City Center the article, “Sedona Approves West Side CVS Store.” The headline is not correct. The proposed project has passed only its first public review in the process, and the city has not granted a final approval. Sedona project information is available on the city’s website, SedonaAZ.gov. AZBEX - Tip of the Week If it’s red text, its a hyperlink. Click on the links to get more information on the topic you are interested in. Editor’s Picks from the Last Issue ▶ Casa Grande OKs South Gateway Master Planned Development Rendering Credit: Hansji Urban Luhrs City Center ▶ Safford Starting Design Phases for $2.8M in Downtown and U.S. 191 Improvements Click here to return to Table of Contents 4 Volume 4, Issue 90 Glendale Union High School Building $30M Phase at Schools By Eric Jay Toll for Three building permits totaling over $30M were pulled At Thunderbird, 1750 W. Thunderbird Rd., Phoenix, Arizona Builder’s by McCarthy Building Cos. for new facilities at three the classroom building is 65KSF. School administration Exchange Glendale Union High Schools. The fast-track construction will be moved into a new 17KSF building at the school. program will have the buildings ready for students with Greenway High School, 3930 W. Greenway Rd., Phoenix, the beginning of the 2015 school year. is replacing modular classrooms with a 43KSF building and a new 19KSF music building. The four buildings, designed by Orcutt | Winslow, are under construction at Thunderbird, Greenway and At Apollo High School, 8045 N. 47th Ave., Glendale, Apollo high schools. Thunderbird and Greenway will be the district is building a 17KSF building for its online replacing long-standing modular buildings with the new academy. two-story classroom buildings. Mike Sundberg at Orcutt | Winslow says the buildings are constructed to energy efficient standards, although the district is not seeking formal LEED certification. “We’re using a tilt-up construction technique to maintain On the Job budget and speed of construction,” he says. Glendale Union High School District The school is funding the latest phase of improvements Classrooms and Administration with money from a 2011 bond election. buildings This summer, Sundberg says that the district will start Volume: $30M+ the final phase with more improvements at the schools. Design: Orcutt | Winslow Thunderbird will get its own music building, and at GC: McCarthy Building Cos. Greenway, another two-story classroom building and administration building will be constructed. McCarthy is building the final phase. Rendering Credit: Orcutt | Winslow Click here to return to Table of Contents 5 Friday, January 10, 2014 Flagstaff Downtown Tax District Ready for Launch A majority of downtown Flagstaff provide basic services such as street That has led to conflicts between Original source: property owners have signed maintenance and public safety. city officials and local business Arizona Daily Sun petitions asking the city council to owners over street closures for Once funded, Flagstaff’s downtown form a new improvement taxation parades, parking regulations and landlords and property owners have district. enforcement, and the booking of identified a variety of immediate events for Heritage Square. The district, if approved, would turn needs, such as repairing the pavers, over management of such thorny repairing the tree rings, repainting The district’s boundaries are Agassiz, issues as parking and public events the street poles, new benches and West Phoenix, Humphreys and the from the council and city staff to a others. alley between Birch and Cherry board representing the downtown avenues. Property above the second In a staff report to the council for landlords and their tenants. story will be exempt. the January 7 meeting at City Hall, Once the board is in place, it will the downtown was described as Read more at Arizona Daily Sun call a district election to authorize Flagstaff’s most visited destination. the special tax. The district will also It generates 7.5 percent of all city need to prepare by-laws and other sales taxes and 15 percent of the operational documents such as BBB taxes. procedures for meetings and actions, But as the downtown has become accounting and so forth. a more popular destination, it has A long-term downtown development remained under what the report and management plan will be calls “ad hoc” management, with no developed once a district is formed single city department overseeing its and a managing board is chosen. The programs and needs. city of Flagstaff would continue to 1 • 15 • 14 CMAA-AZ Monthly Breakfast Better results start with Wednesday | 7:45 - 9:15 am | Phoenix Country Club improved focus. Reach 2014 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK the most targeted A/E/C ObamaCare, Shutdowns, and Sequestration... 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