Valley real estate agent Jorge L. Quijada has teamed up with his brother-in-law to launch a new brokerage called Arizona Proper Real Estate.Quijada had been part owner of Next Generation Real Estate over the past seven years, where he started with 12 agents and grew it to 250.”It was exhausting but fun,” he said.Now he’s…
Homebuilders are busy buying lots and building model homes across metro Phoenix in a sign of increasing optimism in the residential real estate sector.R.L. Brown Housing Reports tracked 1,053 land transactions with 30,617 acres and 14,194 lots purchased in 2023 in Maricopa and Pinal counties. That’s down from 1,442 land transactions over 47,359 acres in…
The Arizona Department of Education is partnering with a nonprofit co-founded by daytime TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz to offer optional health education programming to schools. Arizona is HealthCorps’ only state partner. Oz visited Kenilworth Elementary School in central Phoenix on Monday to announce the partnership alongside retired National Football League players and education officials.“Young people…
For the past 15 years, the TV show “Shark Tank” on ABC Network has brought success, fame and millions of dollars in profit to hundreds of different businesses and companies across the country.Of the myriad of companies that have been featured on the program, several businesses with roots in the metro Phoenix have entered the…
When much of the U.S. is suffering through arctic freezes, the residents of Paradise Valley, Arizona, are donning shorts and hitting the golf courses. That’s because they’re among the 13,000 residents of the Sonoran Desert town outside Phoenix, where they enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine and warm temperatures each year. It’s Arizona’s wealthiest…
PHOENIX — In Arizona’s housing market, lawmakers want to make sure condo owners get a fair deal if they’re ever forced to sell to investors.Under the Arizona Condominium Termination Act, if an investor reaches 80% ownership of a condominium complex, they can dissolve the HOA and require the remaining homeowners to sell for fair market…
Photo: Jason MarranoOne person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Or perhaps their house, as was the case with a recently listed Tucson, Arizona, home made from thousands of glass bottles. According to Robb Report, the original owners and builders of the 2,700-square-foot abode collected countess tossed bottles from landfills, roadsides, and even the Pepsi corporation…
The Hotline is delighted to provide Pac-12 fans with a regular dive into the recruiting process through the eyes and ears of Brandon Huffman, the Seattle-based national recruiting editor for 247Sports. He submitted the following report on Jan. 31 …So, what did we miss?What a wild three weeks since we last addressed the West Coast…
After a pause in franchise development coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, when CEO Anita Adams said the focus was “all about cash preservation,” Black Bear Diner is fully in growth mode again. The Redding, California-based chain opened 10 new locations in 2022, added seven more last year and is set to open at least…
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. is planning to debut its budding national store concept — called Dick’s House of Sport — in Arizona in 2025, the company confirmed to sister publication, the Phoenix Business Journal Jan. 30.The new Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) concept combines the Coraopolis-based public company’s retail merchandise with sporting experiences such as…