September 2, 2025

PHOENIX – Society Swan, the latest venture from noted local restaurateur Sam Fox, is set to debut next month at Scottsdale Fashion Square. Reservations for the new restaurant, which is taking over a two-level space formerly occupied by Kona Grill, are now available ahead of the Oct. 15 opening date. “Society Swan is all about bringing a little glamour to everyday

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To conduct our first-ever real estate agent survey, ResiClub partnered with Zoodealio, a cash-offer platform and iBuyer-management software designed for real estate agents. Among the 238 agents who took the survey, half (50%) have been real estate agents for 15 years or more. The Zoodealio-ResiClub Real Estate Agent Survey was fielded between July 28 and August

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August 29, 2025

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller, who cast one of two dissenting votes at the July meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, reiterated his support for a reduction in the central bank’s benchmark interest rate. Speaking Thursday evening at the Economic Club of Miami, Waller said, “Since I last spoke on the economy and monetary policy on July 17, economic data have reinforced my view of the outlook and my judgment that the time has come

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An estimated 506,353 apartments are expected to come online this year. While it’s lower than the over 640,000 units delivered last year, it’s still above the annual totals recorded each year since 2015. Based on Yardi data, RentCafe.com breaks down the top regions and metros for new multifamily construction in 2025. The South, which has seen strong migration trends since before the pandemic, leads with over half the national total. Top destinations

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Amkor Technology Inc. plans to change sites for its huge West Valley factory — but it’s not moving far. Until now, Tempe-based Amkor has been poised to build its $2 billion semiconductor chip packaging and testing facility in the master-planned community of Vistancia, that attracted growing opposition from area residents along the way. It’s now planning to relocate the plant to a swath of land the city is setting up as the Peoria Innovation Core, following an Arizona

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Mesa has inked a deal to bring commercial development, including a Sprouts, to 6.6 acres at the northeast corner of Ellsworth and Ray roads in Eastmark. Council last week unanimously approved the development agreement with Common Bond Development Group Mesa LLC for the proposed Eastmarket, which calls for 55,630 square feet of retail, the 23,200-square-foot specialty grocer Sprouts and 278 parking spots– well above the 202 that is required

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A 200-acre site in southeast Mesa is planned to bring luxury retail and a resort hotel called Legacy Park. Commercial developers Vestar and landowner Pacific Proving LLC are partnering to build a multi-billion-dollar project along Williams Field Road and State Route 24. Southeast Mesa residents have long yearned for high-end dining and retail to land in the area. Over the past year, the city has reprioritized its focus on retail recruitment

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For some multifamily developers, raising rents has been difficult due to the influx of supply that has entered to keep up with the demand. But in many markets, including Phoenix, construction has been starting to slow. In fact, according to a first-quarter report from Northmarq, deliveries in Arizona’s capital started to peak in the fourth quarter, as 3,288 units hit the market by the end of March. With net absorption at 3,750 units, that marked the first time in

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As you consider investing in commercial real estate, you may quickly find opportunities in core property types like office, multifamily, retail, industrial, and development. Successful investors will also be aware of market fluctuations and how they might be advantageous to their business plan. Today there are also broader shifts shaping the real estate landscape. If you have the Insider’s Edge, you’ll be able to spot new opportunities and use them to maximize returns

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A 200-acre site in southeast Mesa is planned to bring luxury retail and a resort hotel called Legacy Park. Commercial developers Vestar and landowner Pacific Proving LLC are partnering to build a multi-billion-dollar project along Williams Field Road and State Route 24. Southeast Mesa residents have long yearned for high-end dining and retail to land in the area. Over the past year, the city has reprioritized its focus on retail recruitment

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The city of Peoria was the successful bidder for 834.5 acres in today’s State Land Public Auction with a final bid of $46.7 million. In December 2024, the city applied to Arizona State Land Department to bring this property to market, which is located within the Peoria Innovation Core (PIC), northwest of the intersection of Loop 303 and Lake Pleasant Parkway. The growth of the North Valley driven largely by TSMC and Arizona’s continued economic growth

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Update: This story was updated on Aug. 28 to reflect another drop in mortgage rates to 6.50%. Mortgage rates hit a new on Thursday for 2025 — now at 6.50% — despite President Trump’s attempt to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook on Monday, which many said would drive up bond yields and mortgage rates this week. I completely understand that this is a complex and confusing topic. On this episode of the HousingWire Daily podcast, I discuss why I believe

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August 28, 2025

Cap rates may have reached their peak, according to a CBRE survey of 200-plus brokers released Monday. The survey also reported a slight compression in the first half of 2025, with the all-property average cap rate narrowing nine basis points to 6.84% at midyear amid volatility in Treasury yields and the announcement of a broader regime of tariffs than was expected. “While macroeconomic uncertainty persists, we’re seeing clear indications that cap rates have passed

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The developer of the long-belabored Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley resort is “bound and determined” to finish the project, an attorney representing him said. Five Star Development, led by Jerry Ayoub, sued Madison Realty Capital, the lender of a $585 million loan on the project, alleging that Madison’s actions have derailed the project, preventing further progress on the resort. Madison has started foreclosure proceedings on the property. The lawsuit was filed before

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The world’s largest golf management company is expanding into a recently revamped headquarters after signing one of the Phoenix area’s largest deals so far this year. Troon, which manages more than 900 golf properties worldwide, finalized a deal to nearly double its Scottsdale, Arizona, headquarters as tenants across the United States commit to larger blocks of space. The company will be relocating to one of two buildings at the Inisio at Kierland campus, where

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. broke ground on a 15-acre industrial reclamation water plant that will increase the chipmaker’s wastewater recycling rate up to 90% at its north Phoenix fab site. TSMC’s industrial reclamation water plant is designed to achieve “near zero liquid discharge,” meaning the company will have the ability to reuse nearly every drop of water. The IRWP will support TSMC’s two fabs at its north Phoenix site with capacity to expand to

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Although apartment construction in 2025 is shifting heavily to the South — now accounting for more than 50% of all expected completions — the Phoenix metro area pierced the top 10 dominated by Southern locations and secured the title of the 4th busiest apartment builder in 2025. Here are the details: The Phoenix metro area is set to complete 21,188 new apartments in 2025. That’s 5,500 units behind the podium, but it’s still among the only four metros

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August 27, 2025

A multi-billion-dollar project set to bring a 600-room resort hotel, thousands of square feet of retail and office space, is in the works in southeast Mesa. Retail developer Vestar and landowner Pacific Proving LLC are partnering to build a massive 200-acre commercial development along Williams Field Road and State Route 24. It will be called Legacy Park, not to be confused with the former youth sports facility that was sold through bankruptcy court

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Apartment searches recently reached their seasonal peak for the summer, and Scottsdale stands out as the most attractive city in Arizona for renters. That’s according to RentCafe’s midyear renter engagement report, which looked at current and historic search volume and interest, as well as change in overall availability. RentCafe used that data to create what it calls a “REnT Score” — a renter engagement tool based on millions of website interactions. Scottsdale ranks

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A new ranking of America’s fastest-growing affordable suburbs is giving a better idea of just how influential the Phoenix Metro is on the national stage. Four Metro Phoenix suburbs — Maricopa (#9), Buckeye (#15), San Tan Valley (#16), and Goodyear (#26) — rank among the fastest-growing and most affordable suburbs with home values under $500,000. Using data from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau, the study highlights suburbs with strong population growth and home

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PHOENIX – An Arizona-based conservation group is suing the state’s water resources director over concerns about a large housing development in Cochise County. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director Tom Buschatzke on Aug. 4, citing concerns that the city of Benson’s groundwater supply is below the standard for new housing as required under state law. At the center of the complaint

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For quite some time now, just about every story about the housing market in the Valley of the Sun has been about prices going up, with almost no end in sight. But, recent numbers show that’s finally changing — a bit. The median home price in the Valley has been going down this summer and could continue on that trajectory going forward. Why? It has to do with classic supply and demand, and metro Phoenix realtor Camille Hartmetz says for the first time

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August 26, 2025

U.S. commercial property prices posted consecutive year-over-year gains in June and July, marking the first such two-month stretch since mid-2022, according to MSCI. The data suggests that sentiment across the sector may be shifting after several years of broad declines. MSCI’s RCA CPPI National All-Property Index rose 0.9% in July compared with the same month in 2024, and

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Phoenix ranks fifth nationally among the markets with the largest share of the top 100 industrial leases in the first half of 2025, according to a new report from CBRE. Phoenix had four of the top 100 leases, totaling 2.2 million square feet, with 24.4 percent of its transactions being renewals in the first half of 2025. “Given Arizona’s business-friendly environment, deep and diverse labor base

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Buckeye is the latest fast-growing Valley city looking to ramp up employment opportunities closer to town, with plans for a major industrial employment corridor in the works. On Aug. 26 Buckeye City Council will discuss a request to annex over 1,900 acres of agricultural land near Verrado Way and MC85 to lay the framework to turn the area into an industrial hub housing advanced

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