Refinancing on the rise in Tucson, U.S.
By Gabriela Rico | Tucson.com With interest rates at historic lows and recent increases in Tucson home values, many jittery homeowners impacted by the coronavirus outbreak are looking to refinance to get their hands on cash. Refinancing has been on the rise for months, but has jumped 479% so far in March, according to Zillow […]
Read More →Hit on Tucson economy from coronavirus outbreak will last months
By David Wichner | Tucson.com Alan Miklofsky opened one of his independent shoe stores on East Speedway just after the 9/11 terrorist attacks but managed to stay open. But last week Miklofsky had to close his fourth and newest Alan’s Shoes Tucson location at the Tucson Spectrum shopping center on the city’s south side, after […]
Read More →A riverwalk is planned for Tucson’s west side as part of a retail, housing project
By Gabriela Rico | Tucson.com A proposal to bring a riverwalk along the Santa Cruz river on Tucson’s west side has received a boost from the Rio Nuevo Board. The board has agreed to buy the land, near Cushing Street and Linda Avenue, west of Interstate 10, so Gadsden Co. can develop The Bautista, a […]
Read More →Big housing demand in Tucson
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Tucson housing market is seeing its most demand since 2006. That is according to latest research on Tucson metro area market from Belfiore Real Estate Consulting. Demand for new homes in Tucson ended 2019 up 24 percent from 2018. Home builders sold the most new homes […]
Read More →Luxury apartments to site of iconic Tucson monastery
By Gabriela Rico | Tucson.com A modern luxury apartment complex is going up at the site of Tucson’s iconic Benedictine Monastery after more than two years of negotiations, compromises, concessions — and sometimes name-calling. Newly released renderings show two structures to the left and right of the midtown monastery, 800 N. Country Club Road, and […]
Read More →Tucson’s once-desolate Grant Rd. is becoming a restaurant mecca
Traffic flows by Kingfisher Bar & Grill, one of the old guard of eating establishments on Grant Road between Tucson Boulevard and Forgeus Avenue, January 30, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. / Arizona Daily Star By Cathalena E. Burch | Arizona Daily Star When Jim “Murph” Murphy and his partner Jeff Azersky opened Kingfisher Bar & […]
Read More →Tucson golf courses like Crooked Tree facing an uncertain future
By Greg Hansen | Arizona Daily Star Rich Mueller was a golf instructor at the Catalina Family Golf Center 25 years go, one of four standalone Tucson driving ranges that were so busy they often had waiting lines to get an available space. Hitting a bucket of old golf balls used to be a high […]
Read More →Large fee increase proposed for Tucson retail developments could impact economy
By Gabriela Rico | Arizona Daily Star Tucson’s ability to attract new retailers could take a hit due to a proposal that would double fees for new commercial retail projects and free-standing discount stores. The city proposal also adds new categories for impact fees and lowers the cost for certain developments. Officials say the proposed […]
Read More →Belfiore: Tucson housing shows continued strength
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Tucson housing market continues to show strength, according to new data from Belfiore Real Estate Consulting. “It’s really been a good year down there,” said Steven Hensley, an analyst with Belfiore Real Estate Consulting. The latest Tucson data from Belfiore is from mid-September to mid-November over […]
Read More →New state law could extend terms of mayor, city council members by one year
City of Tucson Inauguration: Under a new state law, Mayor Regina Romero and the other three Democrats elected to the city council last month would serve an extra year, until the end of 2024. She is shown with outgoing Mayor Jonathan Rothschild /Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star A […]
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