Shea Homes plans to build 137 houses at new East Valley communities

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Shea Homes Shea Homes Arizona has announced plans to build two new communities in the East Valley. In Mesa, Shea Homes purchased approximately 15 acres at the award-winning Eastmark community, where 62 homesites are planned. In Queen Creek, the homebuilder will be adding a fourth new community at Gateway Quarter, with plans for 75 homesites. Shea …

An unlikely group of billionaires and politicians has created the most unbelievable tax break ever; O-zones ‘a bright light,’ says Rose Law Group founder and president Jordan Rose

By Steve Bertoni | Forbes Success Street in North Charleston, South Carolina, might be the most misnamed place in America, a path through a weedy, desolate neighborhood with 20% unemployment and a 40% poverty rate. Its biggest claim to fame strolls past the gritty brick apartment buildings and tumbledown bungalows on a muggy morning in late June: Timothy Scott, a …

Interior Department proposes a vast reworking of the Endangered Species Act; Cameron Carter, Rose Law Group partner and director of Transactional Department, comments

By Lisa Friedman, Kendra Pierre-Louis and Livia Albeck-Ripka | The New York Times The Interior Department on Thursday proposed the most sweeping set of changes in decades to the Endangered Species Act, the law that brought the bald eagle and the Yellowstone grizzly bear back from the edge of extinction but which Republicans say is cumbersome and restricts economic development. The proposed revisions have …

Cave Creek Council approves commercial residential treatment home; Rose Law Group client Jim Fantin, a neighbor directly affected, talks referendum budget

By Wes Grunden | Sonoran News The July 16 Cave Creek Town Council meeting packed the Council chamber. Previous hearings by the Planning and Zoning commission on the proposed residential treatment facility were also packed. But the meeting started out with the call to the public in which Jane Rhodes thanked the Town for not having fireworks in the middle of …

In appeals court, resident argues legal standing to sue Maricopa over Apex zoning

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Raquel Hendrickson | InMaricopa In a resident’s lawsuit against the City of Maricopa and a sports-car club, both sides presented their cases to the Arizona Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Bonita Burks sued the City and Private Motorsports Group after a permit was approved for Apex Motor Club. Apex is intended to …

Pursued amendments push back Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley debut

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Shea Homes at Azure in Paradise Valley By Terrance Thornton | Paradise Valley Independent While many have speculated on it and few have been able to provide concrete answers, Five Star Development officials contend the Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley resort community will begin to sprout sometime over the next calendar year. The Paradise Valley special-use permit …

Fulton named 2nd-fastest-growing homebuilder

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes Builder The BUILDER 100/Next 100 has named Fulton Homes as the 2nd fastest growing privately held homebuilder nationwide since 2016. This honor comes during a time when the housing industry as a whole is seeing the highest levels of demand for new homes in over a decade. Builder Magazine curates the BUILDER 100/Next 100 …

Waiting for state sober living home rules, cities add their own restrictions; Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, weighs in

By Lily Altavena | Arizona Republic Arizona cities are in sober living home purgatory. And so are the homes. This spring, state legislators passed a law requiring sober living homes to secure licensing with the Arizona Department of Health Services. But that agency still has about 18 months of work left to get a licensing system up and running, according to Mesa Mayor John …

Trez Capital closes construction financing for Tolleson hotel

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Virtua Partners AZBigMedia Trez Capital announced the closing of more than $10MM in financing to Phoenix-based Virtua Partners. This loan will finance a 116-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Tolleson (West Phoenix). Located adjacent to Interstate 10 near North 91st Avenue, the hotel will anchor a 21-acre mixed-use development that will include office, retail, restaurant …