The long-awaited Marina Heights development along Tempe Town Lake has taken another step towards groundbreaking, according to a statement released Friday by the City of Tempe. If development deals are finalized by the City Council in June, the 2 million-sq-ft, 20-acre project will be the largest office development deal in Arizona history. Related Links: New 10-Story Office Tower Plans Announced at Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge Echoes Undulating Shapes of Tempe Environment Ryan Companies US Inc. of Phoenix, and Sunbelt Holdings, Scottsdale, Ariz.,  will develop the site owned by Arizona State University, adjacent to the Hayden Ferry Lakeside development completed

Ariela Rivera   RIVERAhas joined Albuquerque-based Van H. Gilbert Architect PC as an interior designer. She received her bachelor's degree from the Southwest University of Visual Arts. Related Links: Upload Your Firm's People Announcements to ENR Southwest's People Gallery View Past ENR Southwest People Articles In addition, two former employees rejoined the firm. Kevin deGraauw is now senior project architect, and Michael Nothwang is senior project designer.Robert Lara has been named the new architecture department manager for GLHN Architects & Engineers in Tucson. He has more than 35 years of experience in architectural design and project management, primarily in the

MGM Resorts International is spending $100 million for an open-air entertainment promenade linking two of its Las Vegas Strip properties: New York-New York and Monte Carlo.

For a place that gets sunshine nearly 300 days a year, you can now find a lot of clouds in Las Vegas. One of the economic bright spots in a city laid low by the recession and real estate bust is a spate of new data centers and cloud computing facilities in development and recently brought online to serve clients such as Google, eBay, DreamWorks, Sony and Cisco. Photo by Levin Ellison/501 Studios Burke Construction Group completed the Cobalt Data Center Project in Las Vegas. Image courtesy Cushman & Wakefield Electricity rates far below California and the national average are

  VASSILIADISRosemary A. Vassiliadis was appointed as director of the Clark County Dept. of Aviation. She is the first woman to serve in the role, managing 1,500 employees across several airports, including McCarran International Airport. Vassiliadis previously served as the department's deputy director since 1997. A native of Chicago, Vassiliadis earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy from DePaul University. Related Links: Read Other People Stories in the Southwest Upload Your Own People Photos to ENR Southwest's People Gallery The Arizona Builders' Alliance in Phoenix named Lorraine Bergman as its new president. Bergman, president of Phoenix-based Caliente Construction, will serve a

The Federal Highway Administration has pledged $2 million in immediate aid that can be used to continue investigating the cause of a landslide on a stretch of U.S. 89 last month near Page, Ariz. Photo courtesy ADOT The landslide on Feb. 20 caused 500 ft of damage to U.S. 89 near Page, Ariz. Photo courtesy Coconino County The slide caused the roadway to drop by up to 6 ft in places. Related Links: View ADOT Video of the US 89 Landslide Geotechnical Assessment The Arizona Dept. of Transportation requested the quick release of emergency relief funds from the FHWA after

University of Arizona’s $100-million cancer center formally broke ground in downtown Phoenix on Feb. 21, though actual construction is likely still several months away. Image courtesy ZGF Architects LLP ZGF Architects designed the five-story building, which will feature 85 examination rooms and two linear accelerators. Photo courtesy University of Arizona College of Medicing - Phoenix Hundreds of people attended the long-anticipated groundbreaking this week in downtown Phoenix. Related Links: Slideshow: Newest Biomedical Campus Building Opens in Downtown Phoenix Innovative Bioscience High School Breaks the Mold in Phoenix Located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus at the northwest corner of Fillmore and

The city of Henderson, Nev., southeast of Las Vegas, claims it got duped into a sweetheart public land deal by Austin, Texas-based developer Christopher F. Milam, who proposed building a multi-arena sports complex, according to a Jan. 28 lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court. The city contends that Milam "conspired" to falsely buy 485 acres of federal land southeast of Interstate 15 and St. Rose Parkway "below what a true competitive bidding process would yield" and "sell it piecemeal to residential and commercial developers at a substantial profit," court papers say. Image courtesy IDM The lawsuit centers around purchase

Until the developer of Las Vegas' newest attraction—the $300 million SkyVue observation wheel—had filled in the gaps in the project's finances, the contractors' legal bills seemed to be climbing higher than the structure. Photo by Tony Illia SkyVue broke ground in late 2011 along the Las Vegas Strip. Image courtesy SkyVue SkyVue includes a two-story, 200,000-sq-ft base building with two dozen retail shops, restaurants and convention space. Related Links: Caesars to Renovate Las Vegas Strip Property into $185M Boutique Hotel/Casino Now, according to developer Howard Bulloch, his steel observation wheel and retail complex on the Las Vegas Strip across from

  DOMRESAshley Domres has been promoted to vice president of project development at Linthicum in Phoenix. She will be responsible for corporate marketing and business development, industry relations and community involvement. She previously served as director of Linthicum's Custom Care line, managing the care and maintenance of private Linthicum residences in Arizona, California and Hawaii. Prior to that, she was a project engineer with the company. Domres, a LEED accredited professional, has a bachelor's degree in interior design with a minor in business administration from Seattle Pacific University. Related Links: Southwest People Page ENR Southwest Eli Gilbert has been named