THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | JANUARY 21, 2018
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eal estate consultant Jim Belfiore has seen the ups and downs of his industry. Since founding Belfiore Real Estate Consulting in Ahwatukee in 2006, he and his staff have become the foremost authority on Arizona housing. “We’re lucky and fortunate that everyone puts the trust in our information and forecasts,” he said. “It’s a team effort. We’re not using hammers and nails to build houses. We’re on the forefront of advising builders what they should do in terms of communities and homes that best fit the public.” Belfiore will give an overview on housing during his ninth annual AZ Dealmakers event, Housing and Hyper-Growth, on Thursday, January 25, at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa. Visit belfioreconsulting.com for more information. The keynote speakers are Elliott Pollack and Joe Blackburn, president and founder of Everest Holdings. Jordan Rose, president and founder
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Jim Belfiore of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting in Ahwatukee has seen market growth for four to five years.
of Rose Law Group, will lead a discussion with panelists: Andy Warren, president of Maracay Homes; Sheryl Palmer, president and CEO of Taylor Morrison Home Corp.; John Bradley, president, Arizona division, Brookfield Residential; Roger Gannon, division
president, Woodside Homes; David Everson, owner and CEO of Mandalay Homes; and Sean Walters, COO of Sunbelt Holdings. Registration is $109 in advance, See
On Phoenix.org/NewHome
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Cadence at Gateway
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adence at Gateway is a new 464acre master-planned community in Mesa’s Gateway corridor at the southeast corner of Ray and Ellsworth roads, on the former GM Proving Grounds. Phase one will open late 2018/early 2019 featuring five builders—Lennar and its NextGen homes with built-in casitas, Pulte, CalAtlantic Homes, David Weekley Homes and Gehan Homes. These builders will be in nine neighborhoods, offering more than 47 different floor plans for approximately 600 homes. Each home will be less than 300 feet from a park, trail or The Square, a resident-only country-club
style community center. The Square and its offerings will be available to community members from the day they move in and include resort-style swimming pools, café great room, meeting rooms for entrepreneurs, fitness center and virtual fitness classrooms, sports fields, tennis, bocce and pickleball courts, a garden and dog park. All amenities at Cadence
will be included with the $125 HOA fee. Phase two will include additional homes, a main street parkway with shopping and office space as well as a charter school and additional parks and trails. At build out, Cadence will include more than 12 miles of hiking and biking trails that connect to the Mesa Regional Trail System.
“We have one of the best amenities packages of any current master plan that’s launching,” said Tim Brislin, vice president of Harvard Investments. “We expect to have the improvements complete and the grand opening in late fall. Home sales should start before that with the individual builders. Stay tuned for that.”