Today’s News 8-28-2025

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»