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U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., is pleased to announce that the Hopi Tribe will receive a $2.9 million grant to fund a transportation and infrastructure project for tribal roadways

A leading auto aftermarket company has signed a 10-year + lease for 109,060 SF at Canal Crossing Logistics Center at 5670 S. 32nd St. in Phoenix. The project is currently under construction.

Lincoln Plaza Shopping Center, located on the SWC of Scottsdale Rd. and Lincoln Dr. in Scottsdale, was sold to an investment group for $25 million or $330 per SF. AJ’s Fine Foods supermarket anchors this premier retail center that is poised for future redevelopment

Attorney General Tom Horne today announced the award of over $2.5 million to fund loans to veterans with service-connected disabilities for accessibility and related improvements to their homes. The “Housing Opportunity for Service Disabled Veterans” program is funded by the national mortgage settlement reached with the nation’s five largest mortgage loan servicers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo).

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced his plans to introduce a companion amendment that would prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing its proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted $600 million in newly available grants being offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce and hopefully eliminate veteran homelessness across the country. The department is offering $300 million in fiscal year 2014 and $300 million in fiscal year 2015 in nationally competitive bid offers.

SAN FRANCISCO - December 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region today announced that Stardust Non-Profit Building Supplies has won a 2013 environmental award for its creative re-use of building materials. The award was presented at one of the company’s thrift stores in Phoenix, Ariz. The regional environmental awards acknowledge significant contributions made in the past year to protect the environment and support communities

Torrance, CA - December 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. (Partner), a national engineering, environmental and energy consulting firm with offices in Phoenix, has been rated the number one service provider of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) in Arizona and nationally for the third-quarter of 2013 by Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR) ScoreKeeper – the nationwide market monitor for the environmental due diligence industry.

PHOENIX, AZ - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates Arizona is pleased to announce the promotion of Matt McDougall to Principal. Matt joined Lee as an Associate nearly three years ago and has garnered the respect of his peers as well as having achieved several sales benchmarks to achieve his promotion.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - November 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A 7,707 SF offi ce building located at 7000 E. 1st Ave. in Old Town Scottsdale was recently sold for $2,150,000. Price per square foot was calculated at $278.97.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva congratulated several Southern Arizona recipients of recent grants and federal awards that will improve the lives of local constituents and highlighted upcoming grant application deadlines. Details are below

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Occidental Fire & Casualty has signed a 7-year lease for 18,100 SF at Canyon Village, Building B, 18867 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy. in Scottsdale. The new lease offers IAT an upgraded facility opportunity to grow compared with their previous space.

Washington, D.C. ­- September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today sent a letter to Thomas S. Winkowski, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, seeking information on the recently completed $12.8 million housing complex for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Ajo, Arizona. Each of the 21 housing units cost the American taxpayer roughly $605,000 – a staggering amount when compared to the unit cost of $100,000 for similar area housing

TUCSON - August 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has asked the Department of Homeland Security to explain why it paid $15 million to build 21 houses and buy 20 mobile homes in Ajo for Border Patrol and Customs officers – in a community where comparable homes cost far less.

San Luis, AZ - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced a $1,361,760 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the non-profit social assistance group Comite de Bien Estar to identify, screen and prepare candidates for USDA’s Mutual Self-Help Housing Program. Under the program, families provide a substantial portion of the labor involved in building their own homes, reducing the purchase cost putting affordable housing within reach for low-income families

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --Today, in reaction to President Obama's speech on housing in Arizona, NCRC President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement

PHOENIX, AZ - July 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Over the past three years, the Phoenix industrial market has confi dently climbed its way back to recovery and historical norms in spite of hitting a bump or two. The march has been impressive as the economy began to add jobs favoring industrial users. As larger product became scarce, build-to-suit and then speculative projects took shape. Quarter after quarter, the industrial sector posted gains in most measurements. This quarter, however, leasing activity has hit its lowest level since Q1 2009 and rental rates have remained fl at for over a year

PHOENIX, AZ - July 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- There is new optimism in the offi ce market as the sector is exhibiting positive vacancy, absorption, rental rates and sales velocity. Offi ce had been the slowest commercial sector to recover and is fi nally showing signs of accelerated growth

PHOENIX, AZ - July 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two separate shopping center transactions have sold for a combined $27.4 million. Anthem Marketplace, a 113,293 SF Safeway Food and Drug anchored neighborhood shopping center located in the prestigious master planned community of Anthem in north Phoenix was sold for $23.3 million. Price per square foot was calculated at $205.66.

PHOENIX, AZ - June 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A local company, Creative Business Resources, Inc., paid $3.1 million, or $110.34 per square foot, for an offi ce building at 1500 E. Bethany Home Rd. in Phoenix for their new corporate headquarters.