Scottsdale dips into sober home regulations through new spacing requirements; Rose Law Group litigator Evan Bolick says zoning is critical for these homes

By Terrance Thornton | Scottsdale Independent As the opioid epidemic tightens its grip on the nation’s beleaguered, an unintended consequence of the road to recovery is hitting a little too close to home for some. Over the last decade the undertones of American drug addiction — the friend who pops the occasional pill or the buddy who has one too …

Private equity firm acquires 146 acres in Phoenix West Valley

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Quyp Development Plans 90 single-family homes on one site, a golf course occupies the other. Builder Private equity firm Virtua Partners announced Wednesday that it has acquired two properties totaling 146 acres located in the West Valley of Phoenix. Bennett Meadows is a 28 acre infill residential property located on the northwest corner of Sarival Avenue …

Regulatory overkill is driving biggest Canada home builder south

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Mattamy Homes Builder Oh Canada! A mix of utopian idealism and bureaucratic buffoonery is driving the country’s largest home builder south of the border. Bloomberg.com reports: Mattamy Homes Ltd., North-America’s largest private residential homebuilder, is boosting investments in the U.S. as regulatory excess sends land prices — and frustration — skyrocketing in Ontario, chief executive officer Peter …

Scottsdale City Council approves legal protest text amendment; ‘wise’ decision, says Thomas Galvin, land-use, regulatory and water attorney at Rose Law Group

Scottsdale Independent In response to how legal protests are addressed when filed by neighboring property owners, Scottsdale City Council adopted an ordinance amending the text approving the zoning ordinance. Approved upon consent at a Dec. 5 meeting, the zoning ordinance outlines rules and requirements for the application of a legal protest by property owners near a rezoning request, according to …

Real Estate Q & A: What can a property owner do if a neighbor blocks an easement?

Adam D. Martinez | Chairman of Real Estate Litigation Department Question:  I own a property in Marana, Arizona, which includes a small airplane hangar, and an easement for “existing roads,” one of which I have used for many years as a private airstrip for taking off and landing small aircraft. The easement passes through my neighbor’s property on both sides. Recently, …

Trump, real estate investors get late-added perk in tax bill; Rose Law Group Partner and Transactional Dept. Director, Cameron Carter, comments

Late revision supplies break based on investments in property Corker, who dropped opposition, says he wasn’t aware of change By Lynnly Browning and Benjamin Bain | Bloomberg Lawmakers scrambling to lock up Republican support for the tax reform bill added a complicated provision late in the process — one that would provide a multimillion-dollar windfall to real estate investors such …

San Tan subdivision would ‘love’ to be in Queen Creek

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes at Ironwood Crossing. By Jake Kincaid | San Tan Valley Sentinel Ironwood Crossing loves Queen Creek. At least that was the message annexation committee Co-chairs Beth Riley and Nancie Naylor and other Ironwood Crossing community members sent to the Queen Creek Town Council on Wednesday. Naylor and Riley have been working for months to …

Real estate agents continue Salvation Army bell-ringing tradition

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Those Callaways By Catherine Reagor | The Republic The real estate industry will be ringing bells and manning Salvation Army kettles in front of stores across the Valley on Wednesdays this month. Thousands of metro Phoenix real estate and title agents are expected to help bring in donations for the nonprofit as part of Real …

Real Estate Q & A: Is a dispensary lease valid even though illegal under federal law?

Adam D. Martinez | Chairman of Real Estate Litigation Department Question:  My company owns and operates a medical marijuana dispensary in Maricopa County. Prior to applying for a license to operate as s medical marijuana dispensary, we entered a commercial lease. At the time our landlord knew what our business was and we had a very good relationship. After we …

Union Park at Norterra master-planned community is underway

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Sunbelt Holdings in other projects. AZRE After more than two years of thoughtful planning and preparation by land owner USAA Real Estate of San Antonio and master developer Sunbelt Holdings of Scottsdale, north Phoenix’s new upscale master planned community at Norterra is under construction for its first phase of development. The 400-acre mixed use community …