Daily News 8-20-2026

Arkansas-based drive-thru coffee chain 7 Brew is serious about buying former Salad and Go locations in Arizona. Salad and Go attorney Omar Alaniz told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Alfredo R. Pérez on Tuesday that 7 Brew has “proactively engaged with us numerous times,” since Salad and Go entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and that Salad and Go’s board of directors has “carefully considered each proposal,” from 7 Brew. Salad and Go entered the Chapter 11 process on Aug. 4 with a deal to…»

A handful of new retailers, including some opening their first locations in Arizona, are nearing their debut at Tempe Marketplace. Phoenix-based Vestar, the owner and operator of the mall, located at Rio Salado Parkway and McClintock Drive, announced five new tenants, leasing a total of 25,000 square feet in the shopping center. Carhartt, a workwear and outdoor apparel brand opened this summer at Tempe Marketplace, the retailer’s first standalone location in Arizona. “The addition of…»

Consumer and producer inflation both moderated in July, offering some relief to households and businesses subject to elevated price pressures since the start of hostilities in the Middle East in late February. Despite these improvements, several visible categories, including gasoline and airfares, continued to post outsized price increases. The consumer price index rose 3.4% from a year ago, following a 0.1% monthly gain. This was somewhat slower than June’s 3.5% gain and is down…»

The wave of new apartments that gave renters more options and more deals over the past two years is beginning to recede. The typical U.S. asking rent rose to $1,962 in July, up 2.3% from a year ago, the fastest annual pace in over a year, according to the Zillow® Rental Market Report for July. Even as rent growth picked up speed, 2 in 5 listings still offered a concession, a lasting benefit of the construction boom. What has changed isn’t demand; it’s supply. The historically…»

More TSMC suppliers are scooping up land to build out facilities in north Phoenix. Three more Taiwanese companies closed deals at Mack Innovation Park in Deer Valley on August 10, according to Tempe-based real estate database Vizzda LLC. The seller in all three deals was HVAC company Mornstair, which acquired 51.9 acres of vacant industrial land within the park for $59.9 million in February. Through these latest deals, Mornstair sold off 41.7 acres total for about…»