West Valley single family homes, condos and townhouses sales reports for July 2008 including: Avondale, El Mirage, Glendale, Goodyear, Laveen, Litchfield Park, Peoria, Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise, Tolleson.

The Triana Master Development is on target to open phase one later this year. Phoenix-based Gray Development Group is developing the project.

The 48-acre parcel of land is a six-parcel, pedestrian friendly, mixed-use community that integrates residential, retail, office and hotel land uses.

Marley Park Square, a $65 million retail project, is planned within DMB's Marley Park master-planned community in Surprise.

According to Ricky Lyons, chief executive of Champion, the development firm building the project, the development will be built in four phases over a 24-month period, with the first phase expected to open in 12 months. 

Southwest Valley residents struggling to make ends meet in the withering economy will be pleased to hear that about 1,000 jobs will need to be filled in the coming months at two new Goodyear facilities.

Over the next 5 years, the city of Glendale is spending $29 million to improve the commercial mix along Glendale Avenue. 

City communications director Julie Frisoni said the city has budgeted $2.1 million over the next two years for redevelopment projects, $11.3 million for land purchases in the downtown area and $6 million to encourage citywide development. 

West Valley single family homes, condos and townhouses sales reports for June 2008 including: Avondale, El Mirage, Glendale, Goodyear, Laveen, Litchfield Park, Peoria, Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise, Tolleson.

Mixed-use project planned west of Lake Pleasant, an article from the Phoenix Business Journal, reports that two local investment and development firms are creating a 4,900-acre mixed-use, master-planned community on the west side of Lake Pleasant.

The Cardon Group of Mesa and Harvard Investments in Scottsdale recently purchased about 1,110 acres north of Highway 74 near 211th Avenue for about $10.5 million.

West Valley single family homes, condos and townhouses sales reports for May 2008 including: Avondale, El Mirage, Glendale, Goodyear, Laveen, Litchfield Park, Peoria, Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise, Tolleson.

Thirty-five new townhouses near the University of Phoenix Stadium will be auctioned off next month as builders continue to use auctions to figure out what buyers are willing to pay.

Trammell Crow Residential of Scottsdale has scheduled an auction June 7 to sell the last condos in the Quarter development at the Westgate City Center complex in Glendale.

It's being called a closeout sale.

Buckeye is starting a program encouraging developers to use green building strategies.

The voluntary program offers incentives for conserving water during construction, choosing recycled materials and designing energy-efficient houses, like Scottsdale and Mesa do.