Daily News 7-6-2026

A Scottsdale-based travel and loyalty technology company has extended its 42,521 square foot office lease at the upscale Scottsdale Quarter mixed-use retail center. Arrivia moved into its current office at 15147 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 210, in 2021. That lease was set to expire in February 2027, but a company official said it has renewed its contract for the space. “We want to be in Arizona for long term, in large part because of its emerging talent with technology,” said Trevor Steege…»

In commercial real estate, success is often measured in square footage, skyline-changing developments and transactions that reshape communities. But for many of Arizona’s Most Influential Women in Commercial Real Estate for 2026 — selected from a field of more than 2,200 women under consideration — legacy means something far more enduring: people. Ask these leaders what they hope to leave behind, and their answers reveal a shared vision rooted not simply in…»

The Western U.S. remains home to many of the nation’s largest technology hubs, combining strong concentrations of tech employers and workers with high wages and sustained innovation activity. CommercialCafe ranked the top 20 tech metros in the Western U.S. using metrics including tech business density and growth, tech employment density and growth, median tech earnings and earnings growth, patent activity, innovation organizations and quality-of-life indicators. Phoenix ranked…»

The Phoenix housing market isn’t surging. It isn’t crashing, either. Instead, it appears to be caught in a stalemate. According to the REMAX May National Housing Report, Phoenix remains one of the nation’s most intriguing real estate markets, posting the largest year-over-year decline in active inventory among the 51 metro areas surveyed while simultaneously maintaining one of the country’s highest inventory levels and longest average selling times. The result is a market where…»

North American manufacturer and major player in the data center sector opened the first phase of its U.S. headquarters in April 2025 in southeast Mesa. The building was chosen as a Business Journal Project of the Year finalist in the industrial category. Xnrgy Climate Systems Inc.’s new 275,00-square-foot facility, Mesa 1, is within the 273-acre Gateway East — a mixed-use business park that will feature large industrial users, hotels, restaurants and some retail near the Mesa Gateway…»