New homes, urban lofts development approved in Avondale

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents William Lyon Homes By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Avondale City Council unanimously approved a rezoning and development deal for the 163-acre Parkside Village property at Indian School Road and 99th Avenue. The land is currently farmland. It was previously slated for a development called Entorno in 2007. That project never happened. …

Baseball museum eyed for Scottsdale Stadium

Discloser: Rose Law Group represents Home: The Baseball Experience By Wayne Schutsky | Scottsdale Progress A small piece of city property behind the left-field wall at Scottsdale Stadium could be transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of baseball in the Valley — if the city can find someone willing to pay for it. Scottsdale officials issued a request …

Opportunity Zone legislation update

From Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group transactional attorney handling many Opportunity Zone investments, on Twitter: “In opportunity zone news Senator Booker and Scott plan to introduce legislation to push back the deadline for the 10-year deferral and the five and seven-year basis step-ups for the Opportunity Zones program by a year. Per Michael Novogradac this bill would have strong support.” …

Surprise City Center plans receiving warm reception

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Surprise Center Development Corporation By Jason Stone | YourValley.net Diane Aden moved to Surprise eight years ago from the East Valley to start her realty business on the west side of Phoenix. But whenever she brings in clients from out of state, they usually ask her about destinations such as Scottsdale and Gilbert — but …

Opportunity Zones and co-working spaces join forces; Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group transactional attorney handling many Opportunity Zone investments, dubs it ‘one of the best business structures within O-Zone framework’

The combination of opportunity zones and shared office space is creating incubators of start-ups and investors in underserved markets. By Tom Acitelli| The New York Times Opportunity zones were created to spur development in distressed neighborhoods, but developers in some areas are struggling to find tenants for their new properties. Their savior may be another rising trend in commercial real estate: …

Laura Bianchi, Rose Law Group partner and Cannabis Dept. Director, talks to ‘Phoenix Business Journal’ about Arizona employers’ right to prohibit recreational marijuana use

By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal An initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Arizona is expected to provide protections to employers. The Smart & Safe Arizona Initiative is working its way to appear on the 2020 ballot in Arizona in an effort to allow individuals 21 and older to process, consume, cultivate and purchase cannabis from licensed …

Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and senior partner, talks to Phoenix Business Journal about developer plan for 1,000 homes in area dealing with water, utility issues

By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal A Scottsdale residential developer is planning a 1,000-lot community in the San Tan Valley area which had been at the center of a recent controversy over water infrastructure upgrades within the Johnson Utilities LLC service area. Aread Management Inc. and Varde Partners paid $8.7 million for a 290-acre parcel in San Tan Valley, according …

Why stowaway creatures on the Moon confound international space law; Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president, comments on enforcement of laws

By Loren Grush | The Verge This month, space enthusiasts were shocked to learn that an Israeli lunar lander that crashed into the Moon’s surface in April actually had some passengers aboard: a tiny capsule filled with dehydrated microscopic organisms known as tardigrades. These little “water bears,” known to withstand very extreme environments, may have survived the wreck. Almost no one knew they …