Plan details needs for transportation as Maricopa booms
Published: Oct. 22, 2005
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MARICOPA - With the possibility of 106,000 residents in Maricopa by the year 2010, the city is gearing up to meet ever-increasing transportation needs.
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1,600 homes for sale have price tag over $1 million
Published: Oct. 20, 2005
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PHOENIX (AP) - More than 1,600 houses with price tags for at least $1 million are listed for sale across the Phoenix metropolitan area, according to the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service.
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Florence could grow to 250,000
Published: Oct. 20, 2005
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Florence could grow from a town of just 6,000 civilian population to a quarter-million, if all the land it has annexed and plans to annex is developed as expected.
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Potential Pinal roadway under consideration
Published: Oct. 19, 2005
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A new north-south roadway running from the southeast Valley through the Coolidge-Florence area has been recommended to the State Transportation Board by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
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AJ parcel sale will be start of new growth corridor
Published: Oct. 5, 2005
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The State Land Department is poised to open the Valley's newest growth frontier, a swath of trust land more than half the size of Phoenix that stretches uninterrupted from Apache Junction to Florence.
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Pinal County shows lower home prices, increased sales
Published: Sept. 1, 2005
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New evidence of why Pinal County is becoming a hot housing market has been released by the Arizona Real Estate Center at Arizona State University.
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South Scottsdale turning itself around in a big way
Published: Aug. 29, 2005
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Four years ago, merchants in south Scottsdale were watching their incomes nosedive, city officials were wooing developers with tax giveaways, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio was contemplating a new tent city jail at the blighted Los Arcos Mall.
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Coolidge plans for first mall
Published: Aug. 28, 2005
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Westcor is planning Pinal County's first regional mall on 320 prime acres next to a possible future freeway and right in the middle of one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation.
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Banking on housing boom
Published: Aug. 25, 2005
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NORTHEAST VALLEY - Just five years ago, bankers were leery of lending money to Nariman Afkhami. He was developing home sites at 115th Avenue, and lenders thought the West Valley property was too far out on the fringe.
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Downtown's condo-mania beat goes on
Published: Aug. 19, 2005
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The list of downtown Scottsdale condominiums under development or on the drawing board downtown keeps getting longer.
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Study: Phoenix shows low risk of housing-price decline
Published: August 9, 2005
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The risk of housing-price declines is going up in many of the nation's 50 largest housing markets, but not in Phoenix.
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Expansion planned following Scottsdale AirCenter purchase
Published: August 9, 2005
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Scottsdale AirCenter, a fixed-based operation, or FBO, serving corporate, private and fractional jet aircraft owners, has been acquired by Ross Aviation LLC and Centre Partners.
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Arizona economy, jobs on strong growth course
Published: July 29, 2005
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Halfway through 2005, and the Arizona economy appears on pace to record the strongest gains in employment and personal income since the 1990s, according to the current issue of the Arizona Blue Chip Economic Forecast.
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Housing boom fueling restoration of garden apartments downtown
Published: July 22, 2005
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Talk about sweat equity.
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Cities tout Loop 101 tech corridor
East Valley swath gets marketing push
Published: June 20, 2005
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Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler and the Arizona State University Research Park are naming an asset they say was born years ago - the 101 Science & Technology Corridor.
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