Tue December 05, 2017
Board of Regents OKs Funds for Construction Projects
The following are news briefs from the Arizona Board of Regents November 2017 board meeting. The outcomes follow the board's broad objectives for this meeting, available on the board's agenda. Revised University of Arizona Fiscal Year 2018 Capital Development Plan The board approved the University of Arizona's revised fiscal year 2018 capital development plan (CDP), which includes two new major capital projects and four previously approved projects....
Tue December 05, 2017
UA Hosts Topping-Off Ceremony for Health Sciences Building
The last steel beam in the construction of the new University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building has been hoisted into place. Covered with signatures and bedecked with U.S. and Arizona flags and a small ceremonial tree, the beam rose above the crowd that had gathered for the Nov....
Tue December 05, 2017
AC Hotel by Marriott Coming to Phoenix's Arizona Center
Arizona Center announced plans to add an AC Hotel by Marriott to the property. Las Vegas-based LaPour Partners is currently under contract for an undisclosed amount for a 49,190-sq. ft. parcel on 5th Street between Fillmore Street and Van Buren Street....
Chuck Harvey - Tue December 05, 2017
First Vertical Mixed-Use Project Comes to Tempe Town Lake
First phase construction valued at $126 million and covering 1.9 million sq. ft. will be rising skyward at the site of the Tempe Town Lake Watermark mixed-use development in Arizona. It is Tempe's first vertically integrated mix-use development....
The Associated Press - Thu November 16, 2017
Tribe Breaks Ground on $40M Casino Near Lake Havasu City
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The Chemehuevi Indian Tribe broke ground on a new $40 million casino and resort in California across the border from Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Today's News-Herald reports the 25,000 sq.-ft....
Emily Buenzle - Tue November 14, 2017
Bill Gates Buys Land for 'Smart City' Construction
Bill Gates' investment group, Cascade Investment LLC, recently bought a piece of land in Arizona to build a "city of the future," UPI reported. The group paid around $80 million for a piece of Belmont, a 24,800-acre development in the desert, about 45 minutes outside of Phoenix....
Tue November 07, 2017
ADOT, Tucson-Area Tribe Partner on Construction Academy
Twenty-seven members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe earned their certification to work as flaggers on tribal construction projects through a free Construction Academy sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation....
Tue November 07, 2017
ADOT Seeks Input to Reduce Impacts for I-17 Projects in 2018
As the Arizona Department of Transportation prepares to rebuild two busy north Phoenix traffic interchanges in 2018, it is seeking input now from people who live, work and drive in the project area about ways to reduce construction-related impacts on the community....
Angela DeWelles - ADOT Communications - Tue November 07, 2017
From ADOT's Newsletter Archives: Mapping in the '70s
In the late 1970s, maps were primarily printed on paper and definitely didn't have the ability to point you toward any nearby restaurants or tell you what traffic conditions to expect on the drive home....
Tue November 07, 2017
National Association Honors Interstate 15 Bridge Project
A national industry group has honored the Arizona Department of Transportation's $30 million rehabilitation of an Interstate 15 bridge through the rugged Virgin River Gorge in far northwestern Arizona....
