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Maracay Homes purchases 84 lots Maracay Homes, a wholly owned company of the Tri Pointe Group, has closed on the $9 million purchase of 84 home sites located on nearly 36 acres near the southeast corner of Chandler Heights and Cooper roads. “This is one of the few remaining parcels of its size in Chandler and is practically considered infill,” said Tom Lemon, the company’s vice president of land acquisitions and development. “Maracay is known in the market for building attractive, thoughtfully designed
neighborhoods in premium locations and this site fits that criteria.” The 80-foot by 135-foot home sites sit on five parcels assembled by JEN Arizona 20 LLC. Maracay Homes will immediately begin land development for the gated, single-family home neighborhood, which is planned to open for sales in January 2017. The acquisition is the fifth Chandler neighborhood for Maracay Homes, joining Artesian Ranch, Layton Lakes, Sendera Place and Vaquero Ranch.
Sun Valley Solar opens new headquarters BY KEN ABRAMCZYK
The proposed front entry to the Gila River Southeast Ambulatory Care Center is depicted in this artistic rendering courtesy of architectural firm Johnson Smitthipong & Rosamond Associates. Submitted artwork
$35M to help fund construction of Gila River health facility An additional $35 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable the Indian Health Service, in conjunction with the Gila River Indian Community, to continue construction of the Gila River Southeast Ambulatory Care Center in Chandler. The proposed 140,000-square-foot outpatient health center will serve a projected user population of 15,220 patients. “Construction of the Gila River Southeast facility will allow us to significantly strengthen health care services for American Indian and Alaska Native patients living in central Arizona,” said HIS Principal Deputy Director Robert G. McSwain. “This also helps improve care for those who travel from around the southwestern U.S. to receive specialty care services at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center.” Gila River Health Care is poised for growth and the pivotal location of the new health center will enhance patient access to culturally competent health care services, said Dr. Lorrie Henderson, CEO Gila River Health Care.
The Gila River Southeast facility is listed as a high-priority project on the congressionally supported IHS Health Care Facilities Construction Priority List. The $35 million will fund 48 percent of the total project costs. The remaining costs are expected to be funded in the IHS fiscal year 2016 budget. The new facility will provide outpatient services, a community health department and a full array of ancillary and support services. The Gila River Southeast facility will be a satellite clinic of the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, joining Komatke Health Center, which opened near the Santa Cruz Village on the western end of the Gila River Indian Community in 2009. Planning is taking place for construction of another satellite clinic near the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community, closer to Scottsdale. The IHS, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides a comprehensive health service delivery system for approximately 2.2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The owners of Sun Valley Solar expect to hire about 30 additional employees after combining its Scottsdale and Chandler locations. It is now headquartered at 3225 N. Colorado St. in Chandler, where it occupies 10,000 square feet of office and showroom space. The warehouse—which features a five-bay shipping and receiving dock—is 20,000 square feet. An acre of fenced yard houses the company’s 32-vehicle fleet. Sun Valley CEO Russ Patzer, who cofounded the company that sells and installs solar energy equipment with Chief Technology Officer Joe Messner, he said. Messner and most of the company’s employees live in Chandler, so it wasn’t a difficult decision to settle in the city. “The building also fit our needs better,” Patzer said. The facility allows the company to keep all of the trucks at one site. In February, Sun Valley Solar purchased the building, which was constructed in 1996. The company renovated the facility and conducted a phased move-in over the summer, officially opening in late October. The company has 104 employees at the Chandler location. Patzer hopes to hire between 25 to 30 full-time employees as installers, warehouse employees and designers. Installers will earn $12 to $18 an hour, depending on experience, and designers and other salaried employees can earn $42,000 to $55,000 annually. Anyone who wants to apply can visit
www.svssolutions.com. Patzer said he expects a dip in business in 2017 when the federal tax credit of 30 percent ends for solar installations, but his company has diversified. “We’re expanding into residential electrical service and other customer needs,” Patzer said. That includes energy storage and off-grid energy solutions. Patzer commended the City of Chandler and the Chamber of Commerce in the company’s efforts to locate a new headquarters. “The City of Chandler was absolutely great and the Chamber of Commerce were really good to work with,” Patzer said. City officials welcomed the solar company. James Smith, economic development program manager with the City of Chandler, said the City was pleased that Sun Valley Solar chose to expand operations in Chandler. “We know that solar is an important, sustainable industry and we look forward to the company’s continued success,” Smith said.
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