The Dealmaker: 01/31/2019

So many memories still to be made! (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Phoenix Suns.) This is OUR house! A look back and a look forward in a Talking Stick Resort Arena highlight reel. Check it out! http://bit.ly/2TpfBtk

Promising outlook for Spring Phoenix housing market despite a fourth-quarter drop. Despite a turbulent end to the 2018 Phoenix housing market, Jim Belfiore, founder and president of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting, is positive about the upcoming spring selling season. Jim delivered his upbeat outlook to homebuilders and industry professionals at yesterday’s quarterly Belfiore Metro Phoenix Residential Market Update. Callan Smith was there and has complete coverage — including clarity for homebuilders on the subject of Johnson Utilities and EPCOR from Rose Law Group Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Court Rich — in RLGR. http://bit.ly/2GdwseV

Colorado River drought plan takes another step at Arizona Legislature; final vote today. “A state Senate committee voted 6-1 Wednesday evening to pass a pair of measures that outline how the state would share looming cutbacks on the river’s water and work with other states to take less. The bills now head to the full Senate and House.” AZCentral (Also available, this OPINION piece in The New York Times: “Tough times along the Colorado River.”) http://bit.ly/2sY8yfN

San Diego developer buys 36 acres in Goodyear for $6M. A drone’s-eye view of the I-10/Bullard Rd. property, plus a bit of info (more of a tease, actually) on what Cali-based Sunbelt Land Holdings, L.P. has planned for site, as well the identities of those who helped get the deal done, in AZRE. http://bit.ly/2MH5KwE

Phoenix mayor will face affordable housing crisis. “Do you believe housing developers need incentives to build affordable housing?… How will you seek to create eviction protections and reduce this trend in our city?” Those were among the questions posed to mayoral hopefuls Kate Gallego and Daniel Valenzuela at a recent forum on the “cataclysmic combination of issues surrounding housing.” Their answers in AZCentral. http://bit.ly/2WA3vj0

36 commercial real estate companies to watch in 2019. “From planners to land brokers, to the architects, designers, builders and advisors; these companies [listed from A to W] are driving commercial real estate forward in 2019.” AzBigMedia. http://bit.ly/2DM6XzG

The stories that defined Queen Creek in 2018. QC Independent looks back at big stories that grabbed its headlines in 2018, including: Johnson Utilities, a generation of drought, the 70-sq. mi. plan for San Tan Valley, and the RTA tax/new roads for Pinal County. http://bit.ly/2GdFZTo

Steller column: Clock ticking slowly on development of downtown gem-show site. A developer with plans for a “$100 million project” that would include “a 140-room hotel, apartment complex, retail businesses and more” in downtown Tucson faces a “deadline to invest $10 million in ‘hard construction costs.’ ” However, it’s a deadline that isn’t exactly LOOMING. By Arizona Daily Starcolumnist Tim Steller. http://bit.ly/2HI1HRR

ASU selects Clarkdale as pilot for downtown revitalization project. ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability “was so enamored with Clarkdale’s Central Business District Revitalization Plan” that it is using the town’s “project as a pilot, expanding the number of cities with whom” it “is working in 2019 to two.” (The other city it’s working with is Peoria.) CV Bugle. http://bit.ly/2HDmENI

Floodplain administration: Ten X housing in holding pattern while town works with county flood control. As “Tusayan works to come into compliance with Coconino County Flood Control District permitting requirements,” Town Council was briefed on Ten X’s ongoing costs as well as “three site shutdown options” for the housing project. Grand Canyon News. http://bit.ly/2S3WjNT

Bill would gut local oversight on rental properties. Sponsored by Rep. Gail Griffin (R-Hereford), the bill “states that ‘regulation of the rights, obligations and remedies of landlords and tenants is a matter of statewide concern’ and not subject ‘to further regulation by a county, city town or other political subdivision of this state.’ ” One backer and two opponents of HB 2115 weigh in, at Arizona Mirror.  http://bit.ly/2GdqHOA

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

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