Friday Volume 4 Issue 2 Issue Date: February 22, 2013 CONNECTING THE LOCAL BUILDING INDUSTRY State Farm Lakefront Corporate Campus Plans By Eric Jay Toll for Original sources: Phoenix Business Atlanta. The Journal quotes its Dallas Cos. While no groundbreaking has Journal and The Arizona Republic Arizona Builder’s sister publication saying the insurer been set, the parties plan to “move inked a pact for more than 1.5M fast,” says Journal reporter Kristen Exchange Politicians and State Farm Insurance SF, that city’s largest-ever recorded Hansen—the news breaker. The final officials are being coy about a story office lease. tower at Lakeside was announced first published in Phoenix Business a year ago, but no signs of actual Journal about a Tempe lakefront Locally, both papers are splashed construction have followed. Tempe corporate center for the Illinois with “no comments” from develop- is marketing the lakefront areas to insurer. Tuesday morning, the Journal ers, land owners and city officials, as technology and financial services reported multiple sources saying that is common when corporate Non- companies. the company was taking an 18 acre Disclosure Agreements are in place. parcel for a 1M SF campus for up to First Project in Athletic Facilities 7K employees. Good News Topping U.S. Airways District Move to Fort Worth In The Arizona Republic, Robert The land is owned by Sunbelt Villegas, a spokesman for State This is very good news for Tempe, Holdings, Inc. and ASU. If approved Farm, only confirmed the company if it’s accurate and the campus is by the Arizona Board of Regents, the is looking at regional headquarters landing on Rio Salado west of Rural publicly-owned portion may very well in the Valley, as well as Dallas and Road. The location will over-shadow be the first piece developed in the the soon-to-be former University Athletic Facilities District. U.S. Airways corporate Arizona State is currently reviewing headquarters several proposals to develop 330 acres in the blocks to the west. The area to generate revenue to renovate State Farm news leaked Sun Devil Stadium and finance other while Tempe and the campus improvements (AZBEX, Valley were twirling in September 14th). State Farm’s project the fallout of the finally- would knock around 1M SF from signed U.S. Airways- the hoped-for 7.7M SF development American Airlines merger district. that moves the Tempe- State Farm has around 1,500 based airline to Fort employees spread between three The shaded area is Worth. believed to be the sites in Tempe and Phoenix. The site of the StateFarm According to Phoenix largest campus is at Priest and campus. Business Journal, the Alameda drives, with a satellite near Original rendering State Farm complex will Priest Dr. and Washington St., both in provided by ASU, have four buildings put up Tempe. A lease was signed for a site graphics by AZBEX by nearby Hayden Ferry near Van Buren and 44th streets in Lakeside developer Ryan Phoenix last year. Project Solicitations in this Issue: 24 Design/Consultants 43 Horizontal 22 Commercial 13 Products & Equipment 9 Development Opps 23 Utilities 27 Maintenance 51 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 2 Table of Contents Articles 4 3 Phoenix Picking Consultant for Downtown Pedestrians 4 Nearly 2M SF in Chandler Projects Expected to Break Ground 5 Dutch Firm To Open Headquarters In Metro Phoenix 6 Tempe Can Survive Loss of Airline Headquarters, Experts Say 7 Small-Batch Pharmaceutical Company Looks at Peoria Site 7 GCU President Details Expansion Plans 8 Construction Materials Prices Increase 11 9 Yodle Expanding In Scottsdale with Plans to Hire 50 10 Gila River Tribe Orders Probe Linked to Loop 202 Signatures 11 ADOT Finishes $2.1M Upgrade to Camera System 11 Consultant Proposing Peoria Process Fixes 12 Payson Sanitation Board Mulls $16M Plan for Build-Out 12 Goodwill to Downsize, Reuse Will Upsize on Grand Ave. 13 Sinkhole Closes Hwy 89 13 13 Gilbert’s Mission Community Church Plans $12M Expansion 14 Cave Creek Residents Lose Tussle over APS Power Line Sections 10 Classifieds 15 Local Industry Professionals Making News 17 Bid Resutls/Project Awards 22 Local Projects Making News 22 23 Industry Events 45 AZBEX Solicitation Trending Graph Project Opportunities 24 Planning/Design/Inspection/Consultant 27 Development Opportunities 29 Horizontal 45 34 Utilities 37 Commercial 40 Maintenance & Alterations 43 Products & Equipment 44 Pre-Solicitations 3 Friday, February 22, 2013 Phoenix Picking Consul- tant on How to Make Meet the Team! Downtown More Pedestrian-Friendly By Eugene Scott As part of their ongoing efforts to energize downtown, Phoenix Rebekah Morris - Publisher for the Arizona leaders want to make key parts of the city’s core more walkable. Something Old Republic City officials plan to hire a consultant from those submitting proposals to make recommendations to the City Council by 480-709-4190 summer on just how to make the area more “walkable.” Ten [email protected] consultants submitted proposals to develop a master-plan study. The city hopes to pick one in March. Rachel Kettenhofen - Editor Something New 480-227-2620 [email protected] Pedestrians cross the intersection of First Eric Jay Toll - Senior Correspondent and Adams streets Something Borrowed during the lunch hour in Phoenix, AZ on 602-617-3797 Feb. 15, 2013. Photo [email protected] Credit: Patrick Breen/ The Republic Michele Carey - General Manager Valley residents are eager to be out and about in the city, Something Blue said Aaron Golub, an assistant professor in the Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. 480-686-4315 City officials have identified two [email protected] Proposal Submitters potential focus areas: Adams Street between Central Avenue 1. ADM Group, Inc. Arizona Builders Exchange and Second Street, which they 2. Cunningham Group Architectures, P.A. 1400 E Indian School Road say is one of downtown’s most Phoenix, AZ 85014 3. Edge Industries heavily traveled areas by foot. 4. Gavan & Barker, Inc. The strip connects the Phoenix 5. IBI Group Convention Center and three AZBEX News 6. M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. downtown hotels with the heart of the central business district. Congratulations to our Publisher, 7. MIG, Inc. Rebekah Morris, on her 8. SmithGroupJJR They also want to look at First wedding this weekend! Street between Washington and 9. Waibel & Associates Landscape Architecture Sorry guys, she is off the market! Monroe streets. 10. Winslow + Partners “One of the goals of the study is to explore concepts that AZBEX - Tip of the Week maximize connectivity between area businesses, light rail, We are constantly adding new sites to entertainment venues and hotels,” said Joni Lindsey, project- search for any relevant information. If management assistant for the city’s Community and Economic you know of a site you would like us to Development Department. track, we can add it to our list, Golub said downtown must become greener if it wants to attract so you can take if off yours. more visitors. “There’s a need for more shade and trees. The temperatures are very high, ... and they are only going to get higher with climate change,” he said. “The need for human- Editor’s Picks made shade and trees and natural vegetation will help with low from the Last Issue temperatures.” • ADOT Public-Private Venture Moves Note: AZCentral is now premium Read more at AZCentral. Towards Flagstaff Construction content. Readers are permitted 20 free article views per month. • Aerie Development Plans 650 Chandler Apartments Click here to return to Table of Contents 4 Volume 4, Issue 2 Nearly 2M SF in Chandler Projects Expected to Break Ground This Year By Eric Jay Toll for The names come with swagger in Chandler: Rockefeller, Wells Fargo, Intel, and Allred. Arizona Builder’s Exchange The projects come with staggering price tags and scale: 1M SF at Rockefeller’s Chandler 101 Center, several Quietly flying under the radar is the four-building hundred thousand square feet for Douglas Allred and Chandler 101 Center planned by the Rockefeller Group other service offices, 100K SF plus in spec industrial at Price Rd., Chandler Blvd. and Loop 101. The DAVIS buildings. Developers have been reluctant to disclose Experience is designing Chandler’s first high-rise office price tags, but AZBEX learned one office center will be in complex. The project has three 10-story towers, totaling the $90M range. This isn’t talk. RFPs are on the street; 820K SF, and a fourth, 280K SF low-rise office. The plans are in the city’s permit hopper. development gets underway this June with Rockefeller constructing the public Coronado Boulevard loop “We’re looking at spec buildings going up for the first time connecting Price Road and Chandler Boulevard. since the recession,” Chandler Economic Development Director Christine MacKay tells AZBEX. “We’re talking Colliers International is handling the leasing for the with developers who want to put up large-scale industrial project. While discussions are ensuing, everyone is space on spec this year. There’s not much in the market looking at the second quarter road construction as a way for companies needing large industrial buildings.” to make this a complete site. Phil Breidenbach, Collier’s senior vice president for office properties solutions, says The push has been for Class A office space.