Bill would allow for more protests against zoning; Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president, comments.

By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer (STATE CAPITOL) — The House Government Committee on Thursday advanced a measure (7-3-1) designed to further protect private property owners from zoning changes that could affect the value of their property. The bill amends current law that stipulates 20 percent of property owners within an area sought to be rezoned may bring about a …

VR won’t replace model homes anytime soon

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes Even in the age of virtual reality, model homes are a crucial part of the new home sales process, say five industry pros. By Jennifer Goodman | Builder A beautiful model home can be vital to closing a new home sale. Because most customers prefer to walk through a home before making a decision, …

3 new hints emerge on final Opportunity Zone rules; beginnings of ‘clear path forward,’ says Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group transactional attorney handling many O-Zone investments

  By Joshua Pollard | Forbes Investors, community advocates and residents across America who have been anxiously awaiting economic revitalization through the Opportunity Zone program have reason to be more optimistic. The government shutdown slowed the progress the IRS had been making toward determining final guidance on the new policy, but important hints are finally emerging on Capitol Hill that …

Lucid Motors on track for spring groundbreaking

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the underlying land owner, Pinal Land Holdings By Heather Smathers | Pinal Central An electric vehicle manufacturer is on target for a spring groundbreaking for its proposed Casa Grande manufacturing plant, officials said. David Salguero, a spokesman for Lucid Motors, told PinalCentral the groundbreaking for Phase 1 is being planned. The 500-acre site on the …

Fulton Homes reflects on past ahead of Barney Farms groundbreaking

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes Queen Creek Independent With Fulton Homes’ new farm-themed master-planned community Barney Farms set for groundbreaking in 2019, the builder believes they have raised the bar for the Town of Queen Creek. About 15 years ago, and just 10 years after Queen Creek incorporated, Fulton Homes began building the town’s first master planned communities, …

Desperate to give up opioids, patients flock to 24/7 methadone clinic in Phoenix

Administrators of a 24/7 methadone clinic in north Phoenix were caught off guard by the volume of patients wanting treatment. So were neighbors. Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Community Medical Services By Stephanie Innes | Arizona Republic People desperate to give up opioids are flocking to a bursting-at-the-seams methadone clinic in north Phoenix in such large numbers that clinic leaders are adding locations to handle the demand. But …

Can ‘Opportunity Zones’ lift up America’s struggling towns? Excellent ‘chance,’ answers Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group transactional attorney handling many O-Zone investments

Wharton University of Pennsylvania The $1.5 trillion Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law in December 2017, was the subject of heated debate about who mainly benefited from the tax overhaul. But buried in the plan was a provision that The New York Times called “the first new substantial federal attempt to aid [struggling] communities in more than a decade.” The …

Anti-arena group drops referendum on Phoenix Suns arena funding

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Phoenix Suns By Jessica Boehm | Arizona Republic An attempt to send the controversial $230 million Phoenix Suns arena renovation deal to the voters is dead, The Arizona Republic confirmed Tuesday. The Phoenix City Council approved the deal, which will keep the Suns in downtown Phoenix through at least 2037, in late January. But a group calling itself Common …

Long-delayed development near Camelback Ranch expected to start soon

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Mattamy Homes building a community at Camelback Ranch By Mark Carlisle | YourValley.net Camelback Ranch may soon, finally, become what Glendale had hoped it would be. When the city decided to build the spring training facility 12 years ago, they planned for hundreds of acres of commercial and residential development around the park. However, months after Glendale …