End of an era: Mesa will annex dairy farms and county land for Hawes Crossing development

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing.) By Alison Steinbach | The Republic Mesa will annex dairy farms and county land to make way for a planned mixed-use project called Hawes Crossing in the southeast corner of the city. After four years, numerous studies and dozens of plan iterations, the City Council voted Monday to approve Hawes Crossing — but not without significant debate. Council members faced …

Mesa City Council approves Hawes Crossing

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing.) By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal During a virtual hearing Monday night, Mesa City Council approved the 1,200-acre Hawes Crossing development. With 102 speakers in support during the virtual hearing, Council voted 6-1 on what is the largest master-planned community to be approved in the Valley during the past 11 years, said Jordan …

RLG Founder and President Jordan Rose In USA Today: When can Americans return to a more normal life? Antibody tests hold a clue.

By Adrianna Rodriguez, Amanda Morris, Jim Sergent, Nicole Schaub, and Janet Loehrke | USA Today After weeks of sheltering in place, Americans are asking how soon we can return to a more normal life outside our homes. Much of the answer might be in a test. The first phase of testing has been about determining who has COVID-19. The next phase will …

What the federal coronavirus relief bill means for mortgages, credit and 401(k) loans; RLG Attorney Eric Hill Comments

By Russ Wiles | The Republic The coronavirus outbreak and resulting economic slowdown have increased financial stress and borrowing needs for many people. New loans might not be easy to obtain, especially if your employment income has dropped, but relief is available. The recently enacted CARES Act, which also is providing stimulus payments and small-business incentives, addresses credit needs and …

The New York Times highlights Rose Law Group: Antibody test, seen as key to reopening country

By Steve Eder, Megan Twohey and Apoorva Mandavilli | New York Times A law firm in Scottsdale, Ariz., tested employees who hoped, with the prick of a finger, to learn if they might be immune. In Laredo, Tex., community leaders secured 20,000 of the new tests to gauge how many residents had been infected. In Chicago, a hospital screened firefightersto help determine whether they …

Small businesses should keep applying for SBA help

By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter That was fast. The U.S. Small Business Administration has exhausted the $349 billion assistance and loan program set up to help small business survive economic fallout and closures from the Coronavirus. The Trump administration and Congress are looking at adding another $250 billion to the COVID-19 small business program. Rose Law Group attorney Dan …

How COVID-19 could change how we live, work and learn long-term

By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter COVID-19 could usher in some long-term fundamental and structural changes to how we live, work and learn even after the pandemic flattens and ‘shelter in place’ orders are eased. Those changes were the center of the discussion during Rose Law Group’s New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch on Friday. Michael Davidson, CEO of social entrepreneurial group …

Rose Law Group’s New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch Season 1 Episode 5

Today, Rose Law Group hosted the fifth episode of the only virtual power lunch in Arizona – The New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch! RLG Founder and President Jordan Rose and RLG Co-Founder and Partner Court Rich asked this week’s panel of industry leaders to share the latest on COVID-19 and its impact on small business and real estate. Jeffrey Nielsen, leads land acquisitions for Toll Brothers Inc. …