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While all the boycotts and anti-boycotts over Arizona's Immigration Law will probably just cancel each other out, the real loser will be the Arizona economy and, in turn, Arizona’s design and construction community.

As the players take the court during tonight’s round two playoff battle between rivals Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs, viewers will get an unusual dose of politics along with their basketball fix.   Suns players and owner Robert Sarver decided to have the team sport jerseys emblazoned with the team name

Economic fallout continues over the new immigration law in Arizona, while legal challenges threaten to stall the law before it is even implemented. Adding to the smattering of national figures calling for boycotts against Arizona – started by San Francisco and St. Paul, Minn. leaders – is the Denver Public

The Nevada Department of Transportation says it has obligated all $201 million of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Highway Funds. While the DOT accomplished this a month ahead of schedule, most of the obligations were for pavement preservation projects.   According to Scott Magruder,

The sad state of the Phoenix condo market continues to deteriorate with today’s news that 44 Monroe in downtown Phoenix will likely be headed to foreclosure, according to this Arizona Republic article. A trustee sale is scheduled for April for 182 unsold condos, comprising most of the 34-story building’s

CityNorth, the beleaguered mixed-use development in north Phoenix, has been hit with a $290-million foreclosure. While developers and analysts blame bad timing and the recession for the project's misfortune, were there other reasons that could have been prevented?

A unique new home for a low-income family was honored with the highest LEED for Homes certification level yesterday by USGBC President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi prior to the kickoff for Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix. The first concrete Net-Zero Energy home in central Arizona was built by Habitat for Humanity in 12 weeks with the

 

Lower numbers were reported by design firms in this year’s Top Design Firms ranking, appearing in the October issue of Southwest Contractor here. Behind the numbers lie some interesting trends. While total numbers are down from last year, they are still higher than five years ago. New Mexico is significantly higher

A new $15 million aquarium attraction is being planned for the Phoenix area, from the company behind the LEGOLAND theme parks. U.K.-based Merlin Entertainments Group, which also owns the Madame Tussauds wax attraction chain, plans to build SEA LIFE, a 26,000-sq-ft indoor aquarium inside the Arizona Mills Mall, located in