WHEELING THEN DEALING – Infill king Michael Lieb puts finishing touches on $10M Scottsdale deal. According to Phoenix Business Journal, “Michael Lieb has brokered a sale [involving a real estate arm of Earnhardt car dealerships, 777 Properties LLC selling 11.2 acres at 68th and McDowell] that is slated to bring a new housing development to the former car dealership site in south Scottsdale.” Specifics including site-plan details here: http://bit.ly/2gkMA2k
Scottsdale City Council proceeds with short-term rental specifications.With SB 1350 set to go into effect (the law bans cities and towns from regulating vacation and short-term rentals…), “Scottsdale… approved myriad changes to the existing zoning code to deregulate short-term vacation rentals…” Scottsdale Independent has more on the approved changes which, based on the tone of some municipal leaders and community members, did not come without a great deal of handwringing. http://bit.ly/2gkHDGT
Camelot Homes purchases 7.54 acres within McDowell Mountain Ranch.“The Scottsdale site is… adjacent to the McDowell Mountain Golf Club golf course. The parcel includes zoning and a preliminary site plan for 15, generally, 90’x150’s. The auction price was $2,625,000…. Pacific Land Company Brokers, Howard Weinstein, Derek Harris, Patty Lafferty, and Connor Peagler represented Camelot [Westworld 15, LLC] at the auction.” See aerial shots of the parcel at Rose Law Group Reporter. http://bit.ly/2gkImrA
Design duo breaking ground on $1M condos in Old Town Scottsdale.Phoenix Business Journal reports that “Steve and Wendy Voss [owners of LVA Urban Design Studio in Tempe]… are breaking ground on Main Street Place (7502 E. Main Street)… The development will feature 12 condos and some ground level office and retail space.” View the rendering here—> http://bit.ly/2fZRheN
Heritage Communities closes on Peoria land parcel for retirement. “The Omaha, Nebraska-based owner and operator of 10 senior living communities in Arizona, Nebraska and Iowa, is working in partnership with Phoenix-based Telis Senior Living Inc…. Their partnership, called Orchard Pointe at Terrazza LLC, paid $3.4 million for 6.69 acres at the southwest corner of 67th Avenue and Happy Valley…” Click to Phoenix Business Journal for further details on this and other Heritage Communities’ projects. http://bit.ly/2fJpqin
Mesa putting southwest redevelopment plan into motion. Phoenix Business Journal on “[t]he… city… seeking… to create a redevelopment area… in a general configuration from south of downtown on each side of Country Club… to Southern… and then west to the city limits.” Economic development director Bill Jabjiniak: “There is a large workforce living in this area and the redevelopment area will give the city tools to encourage more employment-centered development…” http://bit.ly/2fZW53J
Timber Sky subdivision approved for Flagstaff. According to Arizona Daily Sun, “[t]he 198-acre project [from developer Vintage Partners] is located near the intersection of Woody Mountain Road and Route 66. It will have 1,300 residential units.” Click through to see “an example of two single-family attached homes that will be one of the varieties of the Timber Sky development.” http://bit.ly/2f8nQbQ
Major trade groups urge Congress to renew two major homeowner tax provisions. MBA, NAHB, and the NAR “wrote a joint letter to… Paul Ryan… Nancy Pelosi… Mitch McConnell… and… Harry Reid… to urge Congress to act on [the mortgage debt provision and mortgage insurance premiums] that are scheduled to expire at the end of 2016.” HousingWire’s Brena Swanson looks at the consequences should Congress fail to extend/retain these “two critical tax provisions.” http://bit.ly/2gkFUB3
Cameron’s $5M + deals of the day – http://bit.ly/2fl0MEt |