West Valley View Business - 09.02.2020

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Volume 31 Issue 41 Goodyear, AZ

September 2, 2020

Business Briefcase

BY TOM SCANLON

West Valley View Managing Editor

IN THE BIZ

As even casual Business Briefcase (BB) readers know: BIB—Buckeye is booming.

But, cries the Average Buckeye Resident (ABR): “We need more places to shop—and eat!”

Well, ABR, this BB is for you.

It may sound dull to outsiders, but Buckeye is rejoicing—over the construction of a supermarket.

From Buckeye City Councilman Craig Heustis: “I am pleased to let you know that construction has begun on the Fry’s store at Jackrabbit and Indian School— it’s finally going. We anticipate the store will open in spring of 2021. Grace Development plans to start on the rest of the center in about two to three months.”

For Buckeye shoppers, BB welcomes the Enchanted Bullfrog to the neighborhood.

“We are a vintage, antique, country farmhouse, candy, vintage clothing, accessories and jewelry store,” croaks the Bullfrog.

The consignment shop is “currently looking for vendors. Our very talented vendors currently consigning with us are Amy with Swine de’ Zine, Jeannette with City Girl Farms, Sarah with The Pink Barn and Mindy with the Enchanted Bullfrog.”

A grand opening is planned for Sept. 12.

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MLILY will start making mattresses in Goodyear’s PV303. (Photo courtesy MLILY)

E. Monroe Avenue, Buckeye. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday.

• Forget about “made in China”—how about “made in Goodyear”?

MLILY, the retail brand of China-based Healthcare Co., leased 643,798 square feet of industrial space in Goodyear to be used as a manufacturing facility for its creation of memory foam products.

The company leased space at First Park at PV|303, 3350 N. Cotton Lane.

Scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, this new facility will be fully occupied by MLILY for at least 10 years.

MLILY plans to employ 300 local workers at this facility.

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go-based First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. “By manufacturing in Arizona, MLILY can continue to provide high-quality products at a lower cost to U.S. consumers, while expanding its global footprint,” said Yang Chen, managing director, Asia Pacific Division with Colliers International, which represents MLILY. Healthcare Co. operates factories in China, Thailand, Serbia and the United States and has produced memory foam items since 2003.

First Park at PV|303 is a Class A industrial facility completed this year and located within the 1,600-acre PV|303 business park near Loop 303.

• Goodyear is a BB regular for jobs and big company announcements—now Tolleson gets in on the action.

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MiTek, “a diversified global supplier of services and products to the residential and commercial construction sectors,” is leasing 412,921 square feet of industrial space in two Tolleson buildings.

The company renewed its lease for 259,200 square feet at 7890 W. Lincoln Street for a term of eight-plus years and signed a new 10-year lease of 153,721 square feet down the block at 7506 W. Lincoln Street.

The two Class A facilities are located within Tolleson Corporate Park and owned by California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS).

• And Avondale gets in on the home-construction news: Landsea Homes started construction on 75 single-family homes at Riata at Alamar in Avondale.

“We’re excited to begin work on Riata at Alamar. It is such a coveted piece

MiTek will lease a second building in Tolleson. (Photo courtesy MiTek)

of land in one of the fastest-growing cities in the West Valley, and we look forward to providing best-in-class, high-performance homes and unique amenities for new residents,” said Todd Condon, vice president of sales and

marketing, Landsea Homes.

This is the first phase of one of the biggest home-construction projects to hit the West Valley in years.

For more information, visit landseahomes.com/alamar/riata.

Let’s kick the Golden Rule up to Platinum Rule

BY JOHN SAFIN

at customer-service classes. It’s politeness and a happy attitude. Everybody’s I very much dislike the phrase “new day becomes much easier, brighter and normal.” News media has happier when some of us pounded us with this phrase practice simple courtesy. more often in a few months Especially while driving. than during the eight years Leadership is another of the Great Recession, quality that will always when the term was coined. be around and be needNo one ever said, “Microed. More so when things wave ovens are the new get unexpectedly crazy. A normal.” Will some parts of boss barks orders at people our society change because sometimes using intimidaof the virus? Definitely. It’s tion. A leader guides and dicalled “adaptation,” and rects using influence, inspiwe are good at finding inration and support. A step JOHN SAFIN novative ways to achieve up would be the servant goals. If you doubt that, think of one leader. Servant Leadership is a philosexample of the new normal from the ophy where the well-being of others recession that is still around now. We is placed before that of the person in adapted rather than accept a perceived charge. This type of leader creates an necessity. atmosphere of trust, encourages open No matter what happens, there are thoughts and ideas from everyone, deaspects of life that will remain the velops leadership skills in others and same. Courtesy being one example. has an unselfish mindset. I’ve been The Golden Rule of treating others told this style of management works at the way you would like to be treated home, too. The entire organization (or is common courtesy. Why not kick it family) becomes better. up a notch with the Platinum Rule? Do How about caring and giving? Difunto others as they want to be treated. ferent from courtesy; it’s an emphatic That rule has been the first thing I teach reaction to a situation. The neighbor Guest Writer

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with whom I share a landing is a single mom with two kids. We exchange hellos on the very rare days when our schedules coordinate. If she happens to leave a trash bag on the landing, I take it to the dumpster on my way out. Am I a good neighbor? I’d like to think so.

I’ve never been a parent, but I assume one less task that she has to do would be helpful. Think about bigger issues: homelessness, domestic violence, hungry families, veterans in need and the list goes on. Supporting our community’s charitable groups is one way to demonstrate our giving and caring nature. The nonprofit organizations will be grateful, too.

Change is part of life. I’ve given three qualities that I feel should always be part of us or our society. I have more suggestions, but choosing core qualities is a personal decision. Standing true to your core beliefs will make adapting easier. Call it your new normal if you want. Begin by asking yourself, “What do I want in my life to be inevitable?”

John Safin is the Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. For more information and events, visit southwestvalleychamber.org.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Public Notice INVITATION TO BID Bids Due: October 8, 2020 – 10:00AM Project: Tuthill Tract E & Sunrise Ln Ph6 CFD Landscape Verrado ARC, LLC seeks qualified General Contractors, with a minimum CR-21 Landscaping and Irrigation Systems license, to submit sealed bids for the Tuthill Tract E & Sunrise Ln Ph6 CFD Landscape, which consists of, but is not limited to all work associated with installation of the landscape in accordance with the plans and specifications (the “Work”). The Successful Contractor shall be responsible for all coordination associated with the Work. Copies of the plans, specifications, bid documents and detailed information for this project will be available on September 11, 2020. All interested parties should contact Deana Burris at dburris@dmbinc.com to make arrangements to receive the bid documents electronically.

Please reference the project name listed above in the email subject.

The MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on September 15, 2020 at 10:00AM Arizona Time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the prebid meeting will be held via Zoom call. A meeting invitation will be sent to all interested parties. Sealed bids will be received until 10:00AM Arizona Time on October 8, 2020 at the DMB Verrado Offices – 4236 N. Verrado Way Suite A200, Buckeye, AZ 85396. Bids submitted after 10:00AM will not be accepted. Bids will be opened privately but read aloud at 10:05AM via Zoom call.

A meeting invitation will be sent to all interested parties. Unless all bids are rejected, the Contract will be awarded within twenty one (21) days. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder that submits a complete and accurate bid. A complete and accurate bid will include all information requested in the bid documents. Every bid made by a Contractor pursuant to this Notice shall be accompanied by a surety bond for ten percent (10%) of

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the bid amount, listing Verrado ARC, LLC as the Obligee, as a guarantee that the Contractor will enter into a contract to perform the Work, or as liquidated damages in the event the Contractor re-fuses or fails to enter into the Contract with Verrado ARC, LLC upon award. Cashiers checks will not be accepted. The bonds will be returned to all Contractors whose bids are not awarded the Con-tract, and to the successful Contractor, upon execution of the Con-tract, and receipt of Payment and Performance bonds for the Work.

The cost for providing Payment and Performance bonds shall be included in the bid submittal. A Payment and Performance bond will be required in the amount of 100% of the original Contract value for the duration of the Contract.

All bidders shall be required to submit, with their bid proposal, a completed Certificate of Insurance evidencing their ability to meet the insurance requirements for this project. The Contractor shall carry property damage and public liability insurance and shall hold and save

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harmless Verrado ARC, LLC, DMB White Tank, LLC, the City of Buckeye and the Verrado District 1 Community Facilities District from any employer’s liability and from any and all liens for materials or labor in connection with this Work as specified in the bid documents.

Any bids submitted without the bid bond, certificate of insurance and any other items as required in the bid documents will be deemed incomplete, and will be rejected.

Verrado ARC, LLC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withhold the award for any reason Verrado ARC, LLC determines necessary and appropriate. Award of the successful bid shall be subject to approval by Verrado ARC, LLC or its representatives.

Interested parties shall refer to the bid package and addendums for further information, or contact Deana Burris at dburris@dmbinc. com – reference Tuthill Tract E & Sun-rise Ln Ph6 CFD Landscape.

No engineer’s estimate will be distributed.

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