Arizona

CHANDLER, ARIZ. — ViaWest Group is developing a two-building speculative industrial park located at the southwest corner of East Willis Road and South Hamilton Street in Chandler, a southeastern suburb of Phoenix. The company plans to break ground on the 140,372-square-foot project this week. The 65,892-square-foot and 74,480-square-foot buildings will be divisible from 16,000 square feet to 35,000 square feet. The properties will feature 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, a mix of dock-high and grade doors and a 180-foot shared concrete gated truck court. The project will complete Phase II of the AZ 202 Commerce Park. Phase I, a built-to-suit for PODS Moving and Storage, was delivered in April 2018. The second phase is slated for completion in April 2020. Andy Markham, Mike Haenel and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield are marketing the new buildings for lease. ViaWest Group will manage the properties once completed.

GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — New York-based Foundation Capital Partners and Chicago-based Baker Development Corp. have broken ground on VB/143, a two-building, Class A industrial project in Goodyear. Situated within a foreign trade zone magnet site, the project is slated for completion by fourth-quarter 2019. VB/143 will feature a 213,000-square-foot, cross-docked building and a 112,000-square-foot, rear-loading building. The project will offer divisibility down to 30,000 square feet and includes modern amenities, such as 36-foot clear heights, secured concrete truck courts, insulated dock doors, energy-efficient clerestory windows, robust power, trailer drops, public transportation and outdoor employee amenity spaces. The property will be located at the southeast and southwest corners of 143rd Avenue and Van Buren Street. The project team includes Layton Construction Co. as general contractor and Butler Design Group as architect. The project is situated within Goodyear Gateway South, a Class A, master-planned industrial park, less than one mile from a full interchange at Interstate 10 and Bullard Avenue, just north of Phoenix Goodyear Airport. The joint-venture developers have named Anthony Lydon, Marc Hertzberg and Riley Gilbert of JLL as the project’s exclusive leasing agents.