Florence targets Johnson’s certificate to operate on south side; Court Rich, Rose Law Group senior partner, comments

Pinal Central The town is seeking to revoke developer and utility company owner George Johnson’s legal right to provide water and sewer services to a housing development he proposed south of downtown Florence several years ago. The Town Council unanimously passed a resolution in a special meeting on Sept. 7 authorizing the town manager and the town’s lawyers to seek …

Green joins Rose Law Group real estate division

Scottsdale Independent Aaron Green, an experienced litigator and transactional attorney, has joined the Scottsdale based Rose Law Group as part of the real estate transactions departments. Mr. Green represents individuals and businesses involved in both commercial and residential real estate disputes and lawsuits, according to a press release. He also drafts and negotiates residential and commercial purchase contracts, residential and …

Scottsdale homebuilder breathing new life into abandoned community in Gilbert

  Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Raintree Investment Corp. By Angela Gonzales   Maracay Homes is breathing new life into a master-planned community left for dead during the Great Recession’s fallout. The Scottsdale homebuilder paid $13.25 million for the last remaining parcel of the Lakes at Annecy, a partially developed master-planned community in Gilbert, a rapidly growing town southeast of Phoenix. Last year, …

ADEQ wants info on Johnson Utilities before approving STV developments; unfair to delay development, says Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich

By Jake Kincaid | PinalCentral As EPCOR peers into the inner workings of Johnson Utilities, state actors who have struggled to regulate them into compliance anxiously await what they may find, with the potential consequence of freezing development across the Johnson Utilities service area. While EPCOR asked for patience, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director Misael Cabrera said the agency …

Nikola Motor Co. backs out of West Valley truck plant, settles in Coolidge

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings as the landowner By Laura Gómez, Arizona Republic A commercial truck manufacturer that announced in January it would open in Buckeye has opted to move to Coolidge, southeast of metro Phoenix, instead. Coolidge city leaders on Monday unanimously approved an economic development agreement with Nikola Motor Co. that includes several tax breaks. The zero-emissions commercial truck company currently located in …

NAHB asks IRS to clarify key questions on Opportunity Zones; Daniel Gauthier, a Rose Law Group associate focusing on Opportunity Zones, comments

  NAHB Now NAHB has joined the Bipartisan Policy Center and eight other national organizations to ask Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, David Kautter, to issue guidance on key issues facing investors interested in opportunity zones, established as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. These issues include defining qualified investments, clarifying the oversight process for investment funds and …

Queen Creek requests the ACC to amend Johnson Utilities’ convenience certificate; Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich comments

  Queen Creek Independent The Town of Queen Creek recently filed two applications with the Arizona Corporation Commission requesting an amendment to the Certificate of Convenience and Necessity granted to Johnson Utilities for wastewater services. The applications request the removal of three areas of undeveloped land, all within the Town of Queen Creek’s water service area, according to a press …

Controversial Phoenix Frank Lloyd Wright house for sale: $12.95M

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Peter Sperling, Craig DeMarco, Andy Ogan and Jim Furcini in preserving the residential historical character of Arcadia By Catherine Reagor | Arizona Republic The Frank Lloyd Wright spiral house the architect designed for his son David in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood is for sale. The asking price: $12.95 million. In June, a plan fell through for the 2,553-square-foot house built in 1952 to …

Fulton Homes adds options as other builders narrow theirs

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes In a homebuilding market that is seeing national builders shutter their design centers in favor of the “cookie-cutter” style of building homes, Fulton Homes is giving buyers more choices. The drive to put the buyer first at Fulton Homes comes from their deep roots in retail, with decades of combined experience in that …