Real Estate / Here are the finalists for the 2022 RED Awards
The Real Estate Development (RED) Awards are the Academy Awards of Arizona’s commercial real estate industry. The 2022 RED Awards will honor projects completed in the 2021 calendar year. And with more than 100 nominations coming out of Arizona’s red-hot CRE industry, the finalists for the 2022 RED Awards truly represent the best in Arizona. Finalists and winners for the 2022 RED Awards, which are put together by AZRE magazine, will be honored March 10, 2022, at Embassy Suites by Hilton Scottsdale Resort’s Chaparral Conference Center. For more information on the event, click here.
Sponsors for the 2022 RED Awards include event sponsor CHASSE Building Team, beverage sponsor DP Electric , dessert sponsor Willmeng , and gift sponsor MacQueen & Gottlieb.
Here are the finalists for the 2022 RED Awards:
As the nonprofit health system’s largest ambulatory campus, Banner Health anticipates New River Trails will serve more than 132,000 patients annually and employ 215 healthcare professionals, including 47 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
General contractor: Haydon Building Corp
Subcontractors: Castle Steel Inc., M.A.G. Construction, PK Associates, TDIIndustries, Sustainability Engineering Group
This new Neuroplex building is unique with its hybrid identity — in many ways it acts as an extension of the hospital and in other ways it serves as a standalone medical office building — and frees up clinical care spaces, enabling laboratory research to expand by 50%.
Developer: Dignity Health/CommonSpirit Health
Subcontractors: DP Electric, McCarthy Nordburg, Midstate Mechanical, MKB, Walters & Wolf
The first phase of Chandler Medical Pavilion includes a 66,000-square-foot, three-story, built-to-suit medical office building that accommodates five separate medical suites — Banner Imaging, Banner Orthopedic, Banner Cardiovascular, Atlas Surgery Center, and doctors’ offices for private practice use.
Subcontractors: C.D.S. Framing, Chamberlin Electric, Harder Mechnical, JFK Electrical, Midstate Mechanical
The tower was completed with space on the first and fifth floors for additional growth, enabling the medical center to cost effectively plan for future needs. Additionally, the tower increased surgical capacity, added cardiac-rehabilitation services and is expected to create 200 new jobs.
General contractor: McCarthy Building Companies
Subcontractors: Cannon & Wendt Electric, Devenney Group Ltd., K.T. Fabrication, TDIndustries, WSP
The 54,208-square-foot building includes U-Haul’s recruiting department, wellness program team, medical clinic, basketball court, walking track, cardio and weights equipment, sports leagues and fitness classes. The medical clinic offers general practice medicine as well as some specialties.
General contractor: CHASSE Building Team
Subcontractors: A Professional Plumbing, Arizona Glass Specialists, EF Charles, LR Cowan, Pete King
The ISTB7 building is the latest LEED project on ASU’s Tempe campus and by far the most ambitious. The high-performance research facility fosters an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge generation and leading-edge research, including innovative endeavors focusing on the sustainability of food, water, and energy.
General contractor: McCarthy Building Companies
Notable subcontractors: MKB Construction, ISEC, TD Industries, Walters & Wolf, Wilson Electric
The Creighton University Health Sciences-Phoenix campus is the nation’s only Catholic health sciences campus west of Omaha. The 185,000-square-foot building is also Creighton’s largest expansion outside of Omaha in the University’s history.
Architect: Butler Design Group/RDG Planning & Design
Notable subcontractors: Complete Fire Protection, KONE Elevators, Kovach, Lifetime Plumbing Solutions, Sun Valley Masonry
The Automotive Technology and Innovation Center, designed by DLR Group, features an open, high-tech space that allows student and faculty interaction across disciplines and provides flexibility to adapt to future technology requirements and meet the workforce needs now and well into the future.
General contractor: CHASSE Building Team
Notable subcontractors: Commonwealth Electric Company, Concrete Edge, J.B. Steel, MKB Construction, Sun Mechanical
The AC Marriott Downtown Phoenix was such a success, it sold to Arbor Lodging just six months after opening — representing a solid appetite for hotel investment in today’s post-pandemic economy, while stimulating the local resort and tourism industry in Phoenix.
Architect: AXIS/GFA Architecture + Design
Subcontractors: AME Electrical Contracting, Apodaca Wall Systems, Baker Concrete Construction, Carlson Glass, Spectrum Mechanical & Service Contractors
Diagonal to the notable Orpheum Theater, the Hyatt Place Phoenix Downtown hotel tastefully fuses contemporary finishes with vintage sophistication. Rooted in art deco design, the hotel contributes to an architecturally significant area of downtown Phoenix.
Subcontractors: Arok, Central Supply & Metal, Hayes Mechanical, Secon Specified Electrical Contractors, Suntec Concrete
The Westin Tempe is an 18-story concrete structure situated in the newly developed Mill Ave district and is the largest hotel built in Tempe in the last 40 years. This project features many luxury details from floor to ceiling window views, rooftop lounge and more than 21,000 square feet of event space.
General contractor: Beal Derkenne Construction
Subcontractors: Complete Door Systems, IAP Enclosures, JFN Mechanical, Secon Specified Electrical Contractors, Suntec Concrete
This project included the expansion and partial repurposing of the existing Alameda Materials Storage Facility into a centralized mail receiving, sorting, storage and distribution center and surplus material storage and inventory facility. The project included a 50,000-square-foot addition of a high-bay tilt warehouse.
Subcontractors: A Professional Plumbing, B&F Contracting, Hardrock Concrete, Pete King Construction, Pueblo Mechanical
Animal health technology and services company Covetrus was operating two facilities — Atlas and Roadrunner pharmacies — in Phoenix. This 73,000-square-foot tenant improvement project brought both of those operations under one roof and supports Covetrus’ need for laboratory pharmaceutical research and advanced manufacturing. The new facility creates a cleaner environment for the production of pharmaceutical products, medical devices, electronics and other advanced manufacturing products.
Subcontractors: Bakkum Noelke Consulting, DP Electric, Henderson Engineers
This $13.6 million project involved transforming a basic shell industrial space into a modern food production and cold storage facility that will have more than 100 full-time employees. One market sector Phoenix was not seeing much activity in was food production and cold storage, so this facility was a welcome addition to our fast-growing region.
Subcontractors: Pearson Engineering Associates, Simply Structural
Situated on 16 acres in Tolleson, Cowden Logistics Center features 36-foot clear heights, 237 car parking stalls, 41 trailer parking stalls, five points of ingress and egress, R-38 insulation and an ESFR sprinkler system. This Class A facility brings 285,131 square feet of logistics space to the Southwest Valley.
Subcontractors: Aero, Desert Structures, Gunsight Construction, Riggs Concrete, Wilson Electric
Opus Goodyear Airport 85 (GA 85) is a 276,183-square-foot speculative rear-loader warehouse built on a 18.2 acre fully improved site across the street from Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Goodyear. GA 85 has great accessibility for transportation purposes; it is on the north side of the MC-85 and approximately two miles south of the I-10.
Developer, general contractor, and architect: The Opus Group
Subcontractors: BrightView Landscape Development, Jenco, Suntec Concrete
This modern 438,687-square-foot facility will give Hello Fresh the capability to dramatically expand its West Coast distribution capabilities. It will be the growing company’s largest shipping and fulfillment center globally and could provide as many as 1,200 new jobs at full capacity.
Subcontractors: Adobe Drywall, Pueblo Mechanical & Controls, SubZero Construction, TCK Air Conditioning & Heating
The 513,000 SF Ball Corporation Canning Facility is a beverage manufacturing plant that makes aluminum cans exclusively for a leading consumer packaged goods company, whose facility was built next door. At full capacity, it will produce approximately 11 million cans a day and bringvhundreds of jobs to Arizona.
Subcontractors: Desert Structures, Olympic West Fire Protection, Panelized Structures, Speedie & Associates, Suntec Concrete
G303 moved rapidly from a fully speculative, phased development that was scheduled to be completed over time, into a 1.25 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facility that was fully leased and now under a quick-turn completion timeline for global mattress brand MLILY.
Subcontractors: B&F Contracting, Desert Structures, Olympic West Fire, Riggs Companies, Specified Electrical Contractors
Northern 101 Commerce Center consists of 388,621 square feet of industrial space across four buildings. Conveniently located adjacent to the Loop 101 and Northern Parkway, Northern 101 is situated on two neighboring sites, totaling 30 acres. It is easily accessible to the Central, North, and West Valley Phoenix metro areas.
Contractor and architect: LGE Design Build
Subcontractors: Ace Asphalt of Arizona, Arc Steel, Desert Structures, Hardrock Concrete, Specialty Roofing
Developed by Lincoln Property Company, Park 303 Phase I is the Valley’s first “creative industrial” project — packed with the latest industrial and supply chain efficiencies, and enhanced with premier employee amenities that are typically only found in the newest creative office settings.
Subcontractors: Apache Pipelines, Hunter Engineering, Reynolds Electric, Scotts Diversified Construction, Suntec Concrete
Brokers: Cushman & Wakefield, Lincoln Property Company
This design-build project is the first ground-up facility in the world that produces White Claw. The construction type is II-B with an ESFR sprinkle system. Concrete tilt panels, steel joist, girders, and metal deck make up the building’s envelope with a clear height of 36 feet.
Subcontractors: Arizona Glass Specialists, Canyon State Electric, Interstate Mechanical Corporation, Mountain States Contracting, Suntec Concrete
CHASSE Building Team and its trade partners worked diligently to preserve and salvage the existing classroom buildings that exemplify the world-renowned architect Ralph Haver. The project included both preservation and renovation of existing educational buildings as well as the demolition and reconstruction of portions of the campus.
Developer: Scottsdale Unified School District
General contractor: CHASSE Building Team
Notable subcontractors: Global Roofing, EK2 Electric, Pete King, Rikoshea Contracting
Unique to K12, this project was constructed using tilt panel construction – where concrete walls are put into place by crane to complete the overall building structure. Additionally, the team came together during extremely challenging market conditions to finish the complex project within 10 months.
Developer: Buckeye Elementary School District
General contractor: CHASSE Building Team
Notable subcontractors: CAMS, Global Roofing, S+H Steel, Sun Valley Masonry, Urban Energy
The two-story, 20,000-square-foot building — the school’s first new building since 2002 — houses the 300-seat Pitre Family Theater, classrooms for instrumental and vocal musical instruction and a high-tech recording studio for video production classes, and NDP Live!, the school’s media broadcasting club.
Notable subcontractor: Habermann Electrical Designs
The 23-story apartment building includes retail space, six floors of parking, 16 residential floors and two amenity decks on a half-acre lot. The tower provides expansive floor-to-ceiling glazing, framing stunning views of downtown Phoenix and the mountains beyond, as well as providing ample access to Arizona’s famous sunshine.
Architects: Perkins & Will (design architect), RSP Architects (AOR)
Subcontractors: Dibble Engineers, Norris Design, Petersen Engineering, PK Associates, SunTec Concrete
Paradise @ P83 has set a new standard for multifamily development in the West Valley. Completed in summer 2021, Paradise @ P83 is located within the Peoria Sports Complex Urban Design District, more commonly known as the “P83 Entertainment District.” The development consists of a mix of three-story and four-story buildings offering studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units.
San Villante’s resort-style living is particularly attractive to both rising and established professionals in southeastern Mesa. It is surrounded by retail, restaurant, employment and other desirable amenities including the Banner Gateway medical campus ofhospitals. Mark-Taylor’s installation of a new street has quickly benefited the area by minimizing traffic congestion.
Developer and contractor: Mark-Taylor Development
Subcontractors: Muckerman Landscape, Nunez Contracting, Plasters of Arizona, The Klark Organization, Unlimited Drywall & Painting
This ambitious project included the construction of three separate structures. The focal point of the project is two, 3-story, Class A office buildings that are each 150,266 square feet. The third structure is a three-level parking structure that serves those two office facilities with 803 spaces.
Subcontractors: Coreslab Structures, Hawkeye Electric
The 175,000-square-foot, three-story office building features high ceilings, expansive glazing, large efficient floorplates, several tenant amenity areas, structured parking, and an outstanding view of the McDowell Mountains. This speculative office space is the first Class A building to be delivered in the Scottsdale Airpark submarket since 2015.
Subcontractors: Coreslab Structures, IMEG, PK Associates, TRUEFORM Landscape Architecture Studio, WoodPatel
Encompassing 150,000 square feet in a new five-story, Class A office building and designed to house more than 800 staff, the new space creates an open, vibrant, and highly collaborative work environment for Choice’s technology, engineering, and web services groups.
Subcontractors: Arizona Glass Specialists, Pete King Construction, S+H Steel, Spectrum Mechanical & Service Contractors, T.S. Plumbing
Value: $11 million (TI), $20 million (shell)
Located at the northwest corner of Loop 101 and Hayden Road in Scottsdale, the 134-acre multi-tenant office building and parking structure is Nationwide Realty Investors’ anchor project for its Cavasson Development. The 465,000-square-foot office building primarily houses Nationwide Insurance’s regional headquarters.
Architect: The Columbus Architectural Studio
Subcontractors: Caruso Turley Scott Structural Engineers, Coreslab Structures, DP Electric, Hubbard Engineering, Prater Engineering Associates
Union Building 1 provides a premier, Loop 202-fronting location at the confluence of Scottsdale, Tempe and Mesa. The four-story office project was designed to attract and retain Fortune 500-level companies with all of the amenities of the East Valley, but without the congestion and price tag that comes with many nearby competitors.
Developer: Lincoln Property Company, Harvard Investments, Goldman Sachs
Subcontractors: Coreslab, Saguaro Steel, Suntec Concrete, Walters & Wolf, Western Building Group
The focus of this project was centered around the creation of a vertical campus. Core components of this strategy include neighborhoods, neighborhood hubs, working intersections (utilizing spaces between the neighborhoods), a work zone and social hubs. BD provided a full-service cafeteria, Starbucks, gym, yoga room, and expansive outdoor space to celebrate its staff’s life-changing work.
Owner: BD Contractor: Okland Construction
Subcontractors: Orness Design Group, PK Associates, Stantec Consulting
Backed by research and an eye towards innovation, Gensler created a new “living lab” workplace model where work and process are fully on display, and where staff and clients can mix and mingle. The 100% agile work setting embodies Gensler’s culture of openness and collaboration, pushing the boundaries of the evolving modern workplace.
Subcontractors: R.C. Lurie Company, Urban Plough
Gensler’s overall design concept centers on expressing the intangible layers that make up the Earth’s atmosphere. Gradient hues were employed as a design motif to represent the atmospheric layers between space and the Arizona terrain. To convey this feature, golden tones to deep sky blues were incorporated flanking both sides of the main conferencing “boulevard.”
Subcontractors: Extreme Drywall, Specified Electrical Contractors, Tri-Mega Mechanical, W.D. Drywall, Wholesale Floors
The architecture for Asante Library is meant to be an abstraction and representation of reading under a tree at the park. The canopy and shade invoke that feeling throughout a dynamic and sheltered space within the desert. A multi-use plaza is used for library functions, community gatherings and exhibitions.
Architect: Richärd Kennedy Architects
Subcontractors: Castle Steel, Echo Canyon Electric, Mirror Works, Sun Valley Masonry, TekStar Plumbing & Mechanical
This project was completed to help increase the Surprise Fire Medical Department’s ability to provide fast and professional service to the growing community that they serve. Fire Station 308 will lessen the burden on Surprise Fire Station No. 305, which was the busiest Fire Company in Surprise in the past four years.
Architect: Perlman Architects of Arizona
With the addition of the new passenger terminal, commercial service apron, baggage handling system, vehicle parking and roadway, residents of Prescott, Prescott Valley, Dewey-Humboldt, Chino Valley, Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Jerome, Chino Valley, and Sedona will be able to enjoy an enhanced travel experience.
Developer: Prescott Regional Airport Authority
Contractors: Willmeng Construction and Fann Contracting (joint venture)
Subcontractors: Dibble Engineering, LSW Engineers
GateWay Community College’s new makerspace, renamed “Phoenix Forge,” was designed to foster creativity and collaboration at all scales. Housed in a warehouse built in 1929, the building gives new life to the old structure. The new makerspace will be utilized as a teaching facility, offering access to tools, expert help, and inspiration for students and innovators from the community.
Owner: Maricopa Community College Education Foundation
Subcontractors: Dibble Engineering, Energy Systems Design, McKay Conant Hoover, RLB, Trueform
Originally designed by midcentury maven Fred Melville Guirey, “Rise” points to Guirey’s design aesthetic, as well as its status of being Uptown’s first-ever high-rise in the early 1960s. The 79-room hotel also pays homage to Uptown Phoenix’s first high-rise building in the 1960s.
Developers: Vintage Partners, Venue Projects
Subcontractors: Modfire, Mosaic Builders, Slabhaus, Tricor Contracting, Urban Plough
A hallmark of the new brand identity is an emphasis on creating a modern-day public square. To achieve this, the lobby experience is elevated, becoming the heart of the property and an area that encourages guests to coalesce. This was achieved by reconfiguring and reimaging the lobby into a more intimate and welcoming space.
Owner: Marriott International/BRE Resorts & Hotels
Contractors: Balfour Beatty, Continental Contractors
Architect: RSP Architects Subcontractors: IMEG, PK Associates Size: 1,000 keys
The Arizona Sands Club is where a diverse membership comprised of the University of Arizona and Tucson communities will connect, celebrate, work and cheer on the Wildcats. It overlooks the football field in addition to the Santa Catalina Mountains in the distance, creating an energetic and dynamic Club that reflects the rich history of the University of Arizona and Tucson.
The Arrowhead Jaguar Land Rover facility is the latest high-end automotive dealership from the Van Tuyl Companies and stands out among Glendale’s luxury car sales and service facilities. This project was designed and built for the modern luxury vehicle consumer, who has high demands and wants their buying experience to be memorable.
Masonry, steel and wood finishes create a traditional feel to this new pavilion within the trees on the Great Lawn at State Farm Stadium, a popular pre-game tailgating destination for Arizona Cardinals fans. The three-story, 16,000 sf building provides view decks, restrooms and food and beverage services for Arizona Cardinals games, the Fiesta Bowl and non-game day receptions and events.
Owner: Arizona Cardinals Football Club
Given the inherent complexities presented by a landlocked campus with hundreds of residents in place, Ryan Architecture + Engineering embarked on two years of intensive preplanning with the facility’s highly professional governing board to prepare for the much-needed revitalization of the senior living environment.
Subcontractors: Deer Valley Plumbing, E&K, Gen 3, HACI Mechanical, Hilty’s
LCS is implementing its EverSafe 360° program at Sagewood. EverSafe 360° includes improving air quality, partnering with national leaders to enhance maintaining clean spaces and living quality, following guidelines from the LCS Medical Advisory Board comprised of doctors and clinicians, technology engagement for addressing isolation and utilizing telemedicine.
Size: 101 independent living apartment homes
The Retreat at Alameda features 72 assisted living apartments and 32 memory care apartments. Amenities include a movie theater, private dining, fresh chef-prepared cuisine, inviting outdoor spaces, an on-site beauty/barber shop, a state-of-the-art fitness studio with group classes, a library, and a technology center.
Subcontractors: 3-G Construction, Deer Valley Plumbing, Diversified Interiors of Arizona, HR Concrete, Vertical Build
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