EPCOR to meet San Tan Valley residents during open house; Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich ‘hopeful’

By Heather Smathers | Pinal Central Community members will be able to ask questions of the company managing water and sewer services in San Tan Valley. Representatives from EPCOR Water will host an open house for customers of Johnson Utilities to ask questions and to better understand EPCOR’s interim management of Johnson, said EPCOR spokeswoman Rebecca Stenholm. Earlier this year …

Shea Homes to host Azure Paradise Valley grand opening

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Shea Homes at Azure in Paradise Valley Paradise Valley Independent Shea Homes will host a grand opening Saturday, Oct. 20 for Azure Paradise Valley, the first Shea Signature luxury community at 6997 E. Cactus Wren Road. This guard-gated community will include 66 homes on 23 acres, adjacent to the upcoming Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley. Tours of …

Phoenix Mayor proposes massive taxes on medical-marijuana dispensaries; Rose Law Group land-use & regulatory attorney Thomas F. Galvin calls the tax ‘arbitrary and capricious’

By Joseph Flaherty | Phoenix New Times The mayor of Phoenix is prepared to levy a significant new tax on medical marijuana businesses that could decimate the city’s dispensaries and raise costs for patients. In a letter to the Phoenix city manager on Thursday, Mayor Thelda Williams proposed an occupational licensing tax on medical-marijuana businesses in order to fund Phoenix’s …

Design contract OK’d for 2 wells in Fulton Homes’ Barney Farms project

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes By Richard H. Dyer  | Queen Creek Independent A $210,184 contract with Clear Creek Associates for design, construction management and evaluation services for two new wells to be drilled at the Barney Farms residential development was approved in a recent 6-0 vote by the Queen Creek Town Council. The decision was made at a …

New Housing for Tempe’s Broadway Road Corridor

Disclosure: Disclosure: Rose Law group represents Virtua Partners in some of their properties By Adrienne St. Clair and Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Quyp Development Services, LLC has submitted a rezoning request to the City of Tempe to build a multifamily development on the NWC of Broadway Road and Country Club Way, just a mile and a half northwest of the Arizona State …

Sunbelt Holdings expands to fourth major project in So Arizona

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Sunbelt Holdings at Red Rock Real Estate Daily News Sunbelt Holdings, a privately-held Scottsdale developer involved in some of metro Phoenix and Tucson’s largest master-planned communities, purchased the remaining balance of the 1,000-acre Red Rock Village community, located north of Marana along Interstate 10 at the Red Rock interchange. When fully developed, Red Rock Village will consist …

How the Waze CEO helped convince an Israeli drone startup to move its HQ to Scottsdale

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Airobotics Ltd. High-profile SIlicon Valley investors back the 4-year-old startup By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal Arizona’s easygoing business climate — and some insight from the CEO of Waze — were among the reasons Airobotics Ltd. CEO Ran Krauss decided to place his U.S. headquarters in Scottsdale. Krauss said his Israeli-based unmanned aerial vehicle technology company was also …

Israeli drone company opens North American headquarters in Scottsdale, will bring 80 jobs

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Airobotics By Lorraine Longhi | Arizona Republic Airobotics, an Israeli automated drone company, announced Tuesday it will open its North American headquarters at 8340 E. Raintree Drive in Scottsdale. The company, which also has offices in Australia, Chile and New Caledonia, plans to create 80 jobs in Scottsdale by the end of 2019. Airobotics’ first U.S. customer will …

Opportunity Zone investment fund launches with $300M+ in projects

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Defer Gain By Callan Smith | Rose Law Group Reporter In April, Governor Ducey designated 168 economically-distressed communities throughout Arizona as Opportunity Zones, certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS, which provides tax benefits to investors. Defer Gain, LLC, investment funds launched this week to take advantage of the designations with …