The Dealmaker: 11/21/2016

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Talks to build new Arizona Diamondbacks stadium crumbling. (Falling to pieces — much like the stadium itself?) “The… talks… have gone silent aside from competing statements… by [Stadium Real Estate Partners] and the Diamondbacks. The communication breakdown between those parties and Maricopa County, which owns Chase Field, has been apparent for weeks…” AZCentral’s Rebekah L. Sanders examines what’s behind the “turmoil,” including how “investors… blindsided county officials by announcing a plan to tear down Chase Field instead of… repair[ing it].” http://bit.ly/2gCDnmT

DON’T GET ‘AGRIHOOD-WINKED’ – ‘Golf town hall’ speakers rip Ahwatukee Farms proposal. “Don’t let something… interfere with your lifestyle…”; “The CC&Rs are amazingly clear and we have a judge who agrees…”; “[Residents would] ‘rather look at dirt than another 300 homes….’” That is just a sampling of the comments “from eight development and golfing experts” who “urged… people packed [into] the Ahwatukee Recreation Center… to reject True Life’s request… to… build… 300 homes, a private school, a farm, café, two lakes and a green belt with recreation path” on the “defunct 101-acre course at Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Club.“ Full story on the community pushback to this “agrihood” — at Ahwatukee Foothills News. http://bit.ly/2gb8Nzj

Mesa City Council to discuss how to use 25 acres at University and Mesa drives. Mesa Independent: “[A] study session [regarding ‘future development of… city-owned land at the southwest corner of University and Mesa’] begins [TODAY] at 5 p.m…. in the lower city council chambers, 57 E. First St. Click through to access links to the agenda along with a slideshow. http://bit.ly/2gbaMDS

Concept plans for $18.6 million West Park OK’d, could open in fall 2018.“The proposed park will use about 44 acres of a 76-acre site... [that] is generally bounded by Queen Creek Road to the north, Ocotillo Road to the south, Sossaman Road to the west and Hawes Road to the east… ‘This is the best of the best, I think, of all of those designs and everything put together,’ Vice Mayor Oliphant said about the design plan.” Get park details and view this design plan at Queen Creek Independent. http://bit.ly/2fy9VJA

Former designer critical of PhoenixMart. “Jon Felt began working as a computer-aided designer in May for AZ Commercial Contractors, a subsidiary of PhoenixMart’s parent company, AZ Sourcing, and said he’s worried the company is putting the ‘cart before the horse’ by proceeding to build out the project…” But what’s his specific beef? Find out in Casa Grande Dispatch. http://bit.ly/2fVj2ot

October surprises in real estate. REALTORMag: “Housing starts increased 25.5 percent… It is the highest pace since August 2007…. ‘The higher-than-expected gain across all regions… ’reaffirms our view that steady improvement in the housing market is likely to continue over the next two years,’ Rob Martin of Barclays Bank PLC told The Wall Street Journal.”  However, as you’ll notice from the next Dealmaker item, Bloomberg sees things a bit differently. http://bit.ly/2fimTun

Homebuilding is hot again. And not nearly hot enough.Bloomberg: “[S]tarts surged in October… That’s good news for a housing market struggling with low inventory… The less-good news is that there’s still a long way to go… Even accounting for multifamily construction… the U.S. housing market is still adding new units at a slower rate than it has for the past half century [as shown in two U.S. Census Bureau charts]…. Whether or not builders keep up the pace is complicated by a number of conflicting factors.” To find out what those factors are, click it—> http://bit.ly/2gb7XTc

Cameron’s $5M + deals of the day – http://bit.ly/2fL98YX

Because you are an informed person, as a supplement to the Dealmaker, we are providing you 3 (sometimes more/less) non-real estate related articles we thought you might enjoy!
County gave Monsanto records to Goldwater, kept them from newspaper. “The [Arizona Daily] Star only got [the] records [about potential tax incentives] last week, after… complaining to [Pima] county officials…  A county spokesman… said… that the release to Goldwater [Institute] was a ‘grievous error…’” For more on this “dispute over transparency,” click to Tony Davis and Murphy Woodhouse’s report in (where else, but) Arizona Daily Starhttp://bit.ly/2fycrj8

DON’T MESS WITH TAXES? – Arizona Legislature has no plans to eliminate state income tax. Capitol Media Services’ Howard Fischer looks at “[t]he reluctance by [incoming House Speaker J.D. Mesnard and probable Senate president Steve Yarbrough] to move toward cutting income taxes,” and how this “could put them on a collision course with Gov. Doug Ducey” — in Arizona Daily Star. http://bit.ly/2fVe0bD

Election Rejection: Independent voters don’t feel respected, but can’t be ignored. “Public officials, pollsters and university professors said [‘at a post-election discussion organized by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy’] that too many miscalculated the power of the independent voter [in the 2016 election].” Why “major parties miss out on hearing from [this] large voter demographic” and possible solutions for correcting that — in Cronkite News. http://bit.ly/2gvkq4z

Newsmaker BONUS: The Donald returns to SNL [VIDEO]. “When faced with making good on his campaign promises, president-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) starts to panic” — w/ former cast member Jason Sudeikis returning to the show to play the role of Mitt Romney. Watch it here—> http://bit.ly/2fyhn7u

Breakthru Beverage Facility in West Phoenix Sells for $33.5 Million Read more

Cambria Hotel & Suites Groundbreaking at Chandler Viridian Read more

Camelot Homes purchases 7.54 acres within McDowell Mountain Ranch Read more

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