Yearly Archives: 2015

U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), both members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), welcomed Senate passage of their bill, (S. 653) to reauthorize federal grant funding for water resources research institutes in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Water Resources Research Amendments Act (WRRA) provides continued federal support for important research on state and regional water challenges.

In a series of letters to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick urged his agency to approve grants that would fund 10 transportation projects across Arizona.

I’d like to begin by acknowledging SRP, Roc Arnett and the entire East Valley Partnership for hosting this important forum and for the invitation to be a part of it.

U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after his amendment preventing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation passed the House by a vote of 229-193 and was attached to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016

The City will be expanding the wastewater treatment capacity of its Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility (OWRF) and is holding an open house to explain the project. The OWRF Open House will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 30, at the Ocotillo Golf Resort, 3751 S. Clubhouse Drive, Chandler

Mayor Jay Tibshraeny and members of the City Council will help rededicate the Copper Room, a vital multipurpose space on the second floor of the Downtown Chandler Library, in a public ceremony at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 22, 2015

The City of Tucson’s Department of Housing and Community Development is preparing to open the waitlists for three subsidized housing programs. Beginning on June 15 at 10 a.m., the City will accept waitlist applications for public housing units at Silverbell Homes, Martin Luther King Apartments, and Lander Gardens. These properties are managed by the City of Tucson.

U.S. Congressmen Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Thompson (D-CA) Trent Franks (R-AZ), Joe Heck (R-NV), Jared Polis (D-CO) and Raul Ruiz (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015, which aims to streamline the permitting process for wind, solar and geothermal development on public lands and establishes a revenue sharing mechanism that ensures a fair return for relevant stakeholders

U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after an his amendment prohibiting any funds from being used for the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) proposed Rapid Growth Area Transit Program successfully passed the House and was attached to H.R. 2577, the Fiscal Year 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act

At approximately 8:30 a.m. today, the Arizona Department of Transportation completed overnight work to pour a concrete deck on the newly reconstructed northbound Interstate 15 Virgin River Gorge Bridge No. 6 in the far northwestern corner of Arizona

U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., is pleased to announce nearly $970,000 in critical transportation grants for rural airports in Gila, Graham and Pinal counties. Gila County: The San Carlos Apache Airport will receive $519,861 for the construction of a fuel facility to assist the airport to be self-sustaining. Click here for more about the grant.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich reminds Arizona consumers that the deadline to file a claim form for a foreclosed borrower payment under the National SunTrust Mortgage (SunTrust) Settlement is June 4, 2015. Consumers who lost their primary residences to foreclosure by SunTrust between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2013 may be eligible

Paragon Vision Sciences, currently in Mesa, is the new tenant and will occupy half the structure which was built in 1995. Move-in is expected sometime in Q3 2015. With this transaction, the building is 100% leased.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is moving onto the next phase of construction on the new roundabout at the intersection of US 89 and Haul Road in Page, beginning this Friday, May 29

The intersection of Gilbert Road and Hunt Highway in southeast Chandler will be partially closed Monday, June 1 and Tuesday, June 2 in conjunction with an on-going road widening project

American Realty Advisors, an institutional real estate investment manager with approximately $6.7 billion in assets under management, on behalf of one of its clients, has sold an office building and data center totaling 513,361 square feet in Phoenix, AZ for $91.5 million.

Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement today, welcoming Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to Tucson for an event Pima County Sullivan Jackson Employment Center next Monday, June 1st. The cabinet secretaries will hold a Homeless Veterans Roundtable Discussion and tour the facility from 3-5pm.

Lee & Associates Arizona is proud to announce the signing of a 12-year, 111,349 SF lease with The Home Depot USA, Inc. of Atlanta, GA. The back offi ce building known as Tempe One is located at 1717 W. 16th St. in Tempe. Move-in for the online call center is scheduled for Q4 of this year.

Community Food Bank of S. AZ, Pima Council on Aging, Tucson Clean and Beautiful-Trees for Tucson, Tucson Urban League, Old Pueblo Community Services, Our Family Services, Pima Community College Foundation to benefit from NeighborhoodLIFT program funds

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 20, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema spoke at today’s Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit Subcommittee hearing about...