How will hemp grow in Arizona? Omar Abdallah, Rose Law Group attorney handling hemp-related issues, weighs in

Rose Law Group Attorney, Omar Abdallah, who has been handling hemp-related issues, answers questions about this potentially big new business. Question: Is there any evidence that hemp will grow in Arizona?  And will it grow well? No, but some farmers think it will. Hemp is known to be a sustainable and versatile crop and needs less water than many crops. …

Pinal County solar project picks up tech, retail, mining and government customers

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal A 100-megawatt planned solar project in Coolidge will steer renewable energy to several large tech, retail, mining and government customers through Salt River Project’s Sustainable Energy Offering program. Participating businesses include Albertsons Cos. Inc., the cities of Chandler, Mesa and Phoenix, CMC Steel Arizona, CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE), Digital Realty …

What issues were the most talked about during Arizona Hemp Rulemaking? Omar Abdallah, Rose Law Group attorney handling hemp-related issues, explains

Rose Law Group Attorney, Omar Abdallah, who has been handling hemp-related issues, answers questions about this potentially big new business. What was the most contentious discussion point during the public hearings relating to the rules? The most contentious discussion point during the rulemaking process was by far the licensing fees. Since this will be the first year of the hemp …

Arizona farms shrinking in number, growing in size

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Jim Boyle and his family KTAR Jim Boyle Jr.’s family has a long history in dairy farming. They’ve owned dairy farms in Arizona since the early 1920s, first in south Phoenix and then in Mesa. Boyle’s roots in dairy farming is one of the reasons he returned home after he left for college and lived …

What do you need to grow hemp in Arizona? Omar Abdallah, Rose Law Group attorney handling hemp-related issues, provides insight

Rose Law Group Attorney, Omar Abdallah, who has been handling hemp-related issues, answers some FAQs about this potentially big new business. When can you start growing hemp in Arizona and what kind of licenses do you need? You can start growing hemp in Arizona as soon as the administrative rules are complete and the Arizona hemp program is established on …

Hemp. Arizona’s next big economic driver?

Rose Law Group Attorney, Omar Abdallah, who has been handling hemp-related issues, answers some FAQs about this potentially big new business Is hemp marijuana or what’s the difference, and how is it legal to grow and ship across state lines now? Hemp and marijuana are cousins. They are similar in that they come from the same genus or plant family, …

Pinal County on the road to becoming an automotive manufacturing juggernaut

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings AZBigMedia Pinal County has long been content to be the buffer between the two major population centers in Arizona, Pima and Maricopa counties. Like the midwest is often referred to as flyover country, Pinal County was drive-through country. Sure, there were sprawling housing developments in parts of the county, namely Maricopa and San …

How drones will impact commercial real estate [VIDEO]

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Airobotics Real Estate Daily News The images and video are pretty stunning: a drone flies inside a 1-million-square-foot industrial building and captures its size and grandeur. That same drone is helping market a glitzy, new office building. Other types of drones, automated industrial drones, are providing businesses a whole new level of visibility and aerial …

Has the question about leases been answered in the new O-Zone guidance? Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group transactional attorney handling many Opportunity Zone investments, answers

By Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group Has the question about leases been answered in the new Opportunity Zone guidance? The recent guidance answered several questions about leased property. For one, leased property can qualify as a good asset for Qualified Opportunity Zone Business, and it has no original use or substantial improvement requirements. Second, we now know ground leases are …