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Hospital land wars benefit West Valley



  • As the Valley's population grows, competing healthcare systems are scooping up land to be the first to build in the west valley.


  • Not so many years ago, hospital systems stayed on their own turf to serve their patients in their own geographical areas. Today, it's a different world. It's all about expanding geographical reach to serve patients where they live and work.



  • Right across the street, Abrazo Health — which is owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) — is planning to build its own hospital campus on a 27-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Verrado Way and I-10

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Here’s how the new Interstate 17 flex lanes north of metro Phoenix will look in action


  • Flex lanes coming to Interstation 17 freeway will improve access to West Valley


  • The Arizona Department of Transportation released a video on Thursday to show drivers what the upcoming eight miles of flex lanes north of metro Phoenix on the Interstate 17 will look like once they’re completed.


  • The upcoming flex lanes will give drivers a separate, two-lane roadway to go down. They’ll stretch from Sunset Point Rest Area, south of the Grand Canyon and north of the Agua Fria National Monument, to Coldwater Road in Black Canyon City. This eight-mile section sees a ton of congestion and traffic, which authorities hope to alleviate.





HonorHealth to acquire 26 urgent care centers from FastMed including 3 locations in the West Valley


  • Healthcare system HonorHealth has purchased 26 urgent care centers in Arizona from FastMed, the company announced Tuesday. The centers are currently operated as a joint-venture relationship between the two companies.


  • “Through this acquisition, our patients will continue to have increased access to urgent care services that are closer to where they live and work,” CEO Todd LaPorte said in a press release.




Data center campus reaches construction milestone in West Valley


  • Vantage Data Centers recently held a topping out ceremony for the second phase of its campus in Goodyear.


  • Denver-based Vantage Data Centers has made significant progress on the second phase of its planned campus with the recent topping-out ceremony of its facility in Goodyear.


  • For several years, Vantage has been working on developing a campus that's expected to total about 1 million square feet across three buildings with an overall 176 megawatts of capacity for potential hyperscaler and cloud providers.


  • The facility is Vantage's first Southwest campus and its largest in North America, and it's expected to generate 3,000 jobs between construction and technology, according to the company.





ASU West to launch W.P. Carey School of Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship



  • Arizona State University announced on Wednesday it will launch the W.P. Carey School of Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in the fall at its Glendale campus.


  • Arizona State University is launching a new school with degree programs geared toward entrepreneurship, technology, and business leadership at its West campus in Glendale.


  • The school will host bachelor of arts degree programs in applied business and technology solutions, and entrepreneurial leadership, which will begin in the fall, according to a university announcement.


  • ASU is targeting to grow enrollment from 5,000 students to around 15,000 at its West campus.




Solar module manufacturer expanding Valley production after signing two agreements

 

  • Meyer Burger Technology AG plans to open its first U.S. manufacturing facility for high-performance solar modules in Goodyear.


  • Switzerland-based Meyer Burger Technology AG said it plans to expand production at its new solar module manufacturing plant in the West Valley after it secured two big contracts.


  • In 2021, the European technology company chose a newly developed Goodyear warehouse to house its first U.S. production facility for solar modules and North American headquarters in 276,000 square feet of space with plans to employ 500 people.




Stream Data Centers set to build out remaining site in Goodyear


  • Four years after announcing its plans for a data center campus in the Valley, Dallas-based Stream Data Centers is moving forward with developing 2 million square feet of new space in Goodyear.


  • The company initially purchased about 160 acres including an existing warehouse facility with initial plans to build out the 418,000-square-foot industrial building.


  • The site is generally located south of the Phoenix Goodyear Airport and MC 85 just west of Litchfield Road. The campus, which project documents said will represent a $1.5 investment, also sits adjacent to an Arizona Public Service substation and the Microsoft data center campus.


  • Now, Stream has received the first approvals needed for its site plans and for an additional rezoning of the remaining property it owns for five new buildings each totaling about 400,000 square feet with two stories across 104 acres.




Valley joint venture plans huge six-building industrial park development in Buckeye


  • A joint venture including Phoenix-based Eisenberg Co. and Scottsdale-based Van Tuyl Cos. are planning to develop a new 3.6 million-square-foot industrial park in the West Valley.


  • The sprawling project, called Buckeye 225, will be built across 226 acres along State Route 85 in Buckeye and include six buildings ranging in size from 270,000 square feet to more than 1 million square feet with options for speculative, ground lease, owner-user sales or build-to-suit development.


  • "We have a belief that the 85 corridor can be or exceed what the [Loop] 303 corridor was with access, with it being a highway, having connectivity to I-10 and I-8 and proximity to population base and ports in California, we think it has the ability for massive scale," Jason Eisenberg, vice president of development and acquisitions for Eisenberg Co., told the Business Journal.
 



 


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October 18

Briarwood Country Club


 

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Oct. 21

Palmbrook Country Club




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Oct. 28

Sun City Festival 

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Nov. 8

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