Friday Volume 4 Issue 63 Issue Date: September 27, 2013 CONNECTING THE LOCAL BUILDING INDUSTRY It’s East Valley Déjà Vu – Surprise Development Could Mimic Loop 202 Impact on Gilbert and Mesa By Jeff Grant Original headline: Expanded Loop 303 Leaves Surprise transformation of a two-lane local road into a six-lane, for Independent Ripe for Growth freeway linking interstates 10 and 17, and bringing more Newsmedia, nonlocal traffic through the center of Surprise. The expanded Loop 303will not be finished for another Inc., USA year, but the section in Surprise is days from completion. While city officials have no retail or commercial projects they are prepared to announce immediately, they have When work crews lay down the final stretch of rubberized mentioned several possibilities in the past. asphalt on Loop 303’s new northbound lanes between Peoria and Grand avenues this weekend, the project will “The success of the 303 Auto Show (at Loop 303 and mark a major milestone. It will not be until fall 2014 when Peoria Avenue) is an example of what we can look new development is expected to begin to get rolling along forward to. The 303 corridor is also an area ripe for that corridor in Surprise. medical expansion to meet future needs of a growing West Valley population,” continued Assistant City That is how long the Arizona Department of Manager Jeff Mihelich, who also serves as Community Transportation expects it to take for crews to finish the and Economic Development Director. new highway to Interstate 10 in Goodyear, wrapping up New housing has picked up again in the city, especially in the areas south of Waddell Road within 3-6 miles of the expanded highway. Earlier this year, city officials granted approval for new phases that will include hundreds of units in Marley Park. Surprise Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ab Jackson sees the West Valley following a similar pattern as that of the East Valley, where construction of the Loop 101 and Loop 202 freeways helped spur development in the late 1990s and 2000s. Read more at AZNewsZap Construction crews work this summer on the Waddell Avenue overpass along the expanded Loop 303 in Surprise. Workers are laying down the final portions of rubberized asphalt along the highway’s northbound lanes in the city of Surprise, which will complete the expansion in Surprise. Photo Credit: Jeff Grant / Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA Project Solicitations in this Issue: 25 Design/Consultant 27 Horizontal 18 Commercial 10 Products & Equipment 2 Development Opps 18 Utilities 19 Maintenance 48 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 63 Table of Contents Articles 4 1 It’s East Valley Déjà Vu with Surprise Development 3 AJ Seeks EPA Grant for Brownfield Assessment 4 Meritage Plans 144 Townhomes at Former Paddock Pools 5 Bridge, Canal Trail Paving Completes 17-Mile Trail 6 Contractor Confidence Climbs Despite Headwinds 7 Arizona and Montana Economists Spar over Copper Mine 5 7 New Solar Technology Deployed at the Solar Zone 8 ‘Way-finding’ Boosts Gilbert’s Heritage District 9 Phase I Apron Improvements at Wickenberg Airport 10 Scottsdale Reviewing 81-Unit Luxury Condo Complex 10 Hillwood Pays $11M for 72 Acres, 1.3MSF Industrial Project 11 NE Valley Communities Attracting Senior-Living Facilities 12 Tractor Supply Co. Gets Mesa Okay to Build 22KSF 8 14 Major Renovations Coming to Camelback Esplanade 19 Foreign Trade Zone Covers 1.7MSF Commerce Sections 12 Classifieds 13 Local Industry Professionals in the News 15 Bid Results & Project Awards 11 20 Local Projects in the News 21 Industry Events Project Opportunities 22 Planning/Design/Inspection/Consultant 25 Development Opportunities 26 Horizontal 20 33 Utilities 36 Commercial 49 Maintenance & Alterations 44 Products & Equipment 3 Friday, September 27, 2013 Community Contamination Assessment – AJ Seeks Meet the EPA Grant for Brownfield Assessment Team! By Wendy Miller Original headline: Apache Junction seeks public input to apply for Independent for EPA funding to assess land for contaminants Publisher Newspapers Rebekah Morris - The city of Apache Junction is submitting later this year an Mark Mitchell application for a $400K grant to the Environmental Protection Agency for funds to perform a community-wide assessment of 480-709-4190 brownfields sites within the downtown area. [email protected] While any sites can be suggested during the public input process, a priority will be on the downtown Apache Trail Rachel Kettenhofen - Editor corridor, Roger Hacker from the city’s revenue resource Greg Stanton program said in an e-mailed response to questions last week. 480-227-2620 They include vacant and commercial properties along Apache Trail and Old West Highway, according to a staff-generated [email protected] project description on the Resource Development Division page of the city’s website, www.ajcity.net. Eric Jay Toll - Senior Correspondent Scott P. LeMarr 602-617-3797 [email protected] Michele Carey - General Manager John Lewis 480-686-4315 [email protected] Arizona Builders Exchange 1400 E Indian School Road Claire Lansing’s business, Saguaro Rehabilitation and Aquatic Therapy, is starting to outgrow her 10KSF building in Apache Junction. With no immediate plans to Phoenix, AZ 85014 move, having the city pick up the tab to assess her building for contaminants could help her decide whether to expand or change location. Photo Credit: Wendy Miller/Independent Newspapers AZBEX News Brownfields sites are properties that generally have not been redeveloped because they are either contaminated or believed Does your firm have a story idea for us? to be contaminated by petroleum or other hazardous materials, Send your idea to [email protected] a press release from the city said. The assessments will enable the city to determine if contamination has occurred and, if so, to what extent while saving the property owner that expense. The uncertainty associated with the environmental condition of AZBEX - Tip of the Week a site and the cost of an assessment can act as impediments to Good news, there are A/E/C positions the sale of a property. The city hopes to use the grant to assist available and we are happy to post the property owners to move forward with a potential sale employment ads for free. If you know or development, the report said. The money comes from the someone that would fit, pass along the Superfund. information to them. Check out page 14 for those opportunities. Before a piece of property can be sold or leased, the lending institution typically requires that a phase one assessment Editor’s Picks be conducted to identify environmental concerns or contamination on the site, the report said. from the Last Issue The city is looking for suggestions from the public about which ▶ Architectural Billing Index Shows Strong sites to inspect for the contaminants. Gains The grant funding does not include money to clean up a ▶ Phoenix May Okay Downtown Tower in contaminated site. October Read more at AZNewszap Click here to return to Table of Contents 4 Volume 4, Issue 63 Warehouse Goes Townhouse — Meritage Plans 144 Townhomes at Former Paddock Pools Scottsdale Warehouse By Eric Jay Toll for Three plain white warehouses Arizona Builder’s and an ocean of asphalt will become 144 townhomes Exchange of “understated elegance” for individual ownership if Meritage Homes’ design and zoning changes are approved by Scottsdale. Paddock Village will cover the nearly ten-acre site at 6525 E. Thomas Rd. The residential community will redevelop the former Paddock Pools warehouse. The community is the Photo Credit: F2Group Landscape Architecture homebuilder’s second foray into Paddock Village adds another 144 apartments to the townhomes. Its other project, Madison Place, 5550 N. 16th nearly 7,000 approved in Scottsdale. In this area, Mark St., Phoenix, is selling out its final units. Taylor’s SkySong apartments are under development. Meritage has not named a GC for the project, but the KT777 LLC proposed 274 units at Thomas and Scottsdale homebuilder typically maintains that role with its single family residential developments. Meritage Homes has not specified a value for the project. Mark Taylor is building a $44M, 325 unit complex at SkySong a mile southeast of Paddock Village. (AZBEX, August 3, 2012) At a comparable quality level, AZBEX estimates Paddock Village will run in the $15M-$20M range. On the Job The trapezium-shaped parcel presents a design challenge Project: Paddock Village for land planner iPlan Consulting and designer F2 Group Owner: Meritage Homes Landscape Architecture. Five townhome buildings run Scope: 144 Townhomes parallel to Thomas Road, and one faces the 65th Street Value: Undisclosed alignment—which is a driveway to the apartment Planning: iPlan Consulting complex bordering Paddock Village on the south. Three Design: F2 Group Landscape Architecture buildings align with the south boundary. The remaining GC: Undisclosed 11 buildings are set on a 45-degree axis—a pair aligning Status: Scottsdale Design Review Board northwest-to-southeast, the others northeast-to- southwest. The homebuilder’s redevelopment will create a new land use complementary to the commercial and multifamily units in the area. Scottsdale city leaders have talked about the need to redevelop the area along McDowell Road th roads in the Bauhaus Flats studios and lofts. The project between 64 Street and Scottsdale Road, a mile south was to be under construction for a 2014 opening, but the of Thomas Road.