by bryan | Jul 24, 2011 | Event Calendar, News & Information
The public now has a website calendar where they can find events in the light rail corridor. Want to see what is in Phoenix, Tempe or Mesa you can access with the light rail? Now you can! Just click on the Calendar and you are there. Baseball, basketball, theater, public events, concerts, lunchtime series, and much more are posted for you to browse. Enjoy and let us know how you like it!...
by bryan | Jul 24, 2011 | Market Report, News & Information
Market Report Phoenix Metro Light Rail June 2011 The month of June ended with 185 residential units sold within .5 miles of the Phoenix-Tempe-Mesa tracks. While the sold prices can vary significantly, the opportunity for high and low end residential units remains high. Sold Price Sq Ft Day on Market Low $23,300 602 0 Ave $114,209 1,320 100 High $669,000 3,119 642 This information in this report was furnished by ARMLS. The information and data are believed to be accurate, but cannot be relied upon for decision making. This report was supplied by LRA Real Estate Group, LLC, 637 S. 48th St, Ste 201, Tempe, AZ 85281; 480.734.7878; Bryan Watkins, Designated...
by bryan | Jul 24, 2011 | light rail corridor, light rail expansion, News & Information, Uncategorized
Metro Press Release PHOENIX, AZ — Shaded parking has been added to the 20-mile METRO light rail line with the opening of a new park-and-ride lot at 7th Avenue and Camelback Road in central Phoenix. “The new park-and-ride provides greater access to transit and to life along the line,” said METRO CEO Steve Banta. “And it couldn’t have come at a better time with ridership on the rise.” The new lot adds 123 spaces, 62 percent of which are shaded by overhead canopies, to a system that now contains more than 3,600 free-to-use parking spaces for transit riders. The lot was built with neighborhood involvement and provides a well-lit and secure parking environment. It will help to serve the more than 45,000 weekday riders and large weekend crowds. This project was financed using $3.9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds provided to METRO by City of Phoenix for use in building this lot and adding shade canopies to existing Phoenix park-and-rides. More than 50 percent of the lots at Central/Camelback and 19th Avenue/Camelback are now shaded. “We are pleased to see that the ARRA program is doing what it intended to do, which was to put people to work on jobs that aided in economic recovery,” commented Federal Transit Administrator for Region 9, Leslie Rogers. “And transit projects play a key role in helping the economy...
by bryan | Jul 24, 2011 | light rail corridor, light rail expansion, News & Information, Uncategorized
Bryan Watkins July 24, 2011 Light Rail Advisors Did you know that you can now browse hundreds of online jobs near Phoenix light rail? Well, if that is news to you, don’t wait any longer! Why go and search through numerous job site when it is all now in one place. This new feature is smart and always up to date. Jobs in the medical field, business, hotel management, restaurant and many other are going unfilled every day. For more information, click on the link: Jobs near Phoenix light rail Happy Hunting! ...
by bryan | Jul 24, 2011 | light rail corridor, light rail expansion, News & Information, Uncategorized
by Gary Nelson – Jun. 24, 2011 The Arizona Republic In a city bloated by rootless newcomers, a city where just a few decades of existence can qualify a neighborhood as “historic,” the Wongs are an anomaly. The family has been doing business at Main Street and Mesa Drive since before Arizona was a state. Supplies from Frank Wong’s tiny grocery store traveled by buckboard to crews building Roosevelt Dam. The legendary movie cowboy Tom Mix is said to have busted broncs in a corral behind the store. But now it seems certain the day is coming when a Wong will no longer turn the key at 410 E. Main St. That probably was going to happen anyway, said former Mayor Willie Wong and his brother, Wilky, who inherited the family property in 1972. They operate Wilky’s Performance Center by themselves, with the exception of one employee. Their children are established in other careers, unlikely to take over the auto-parts store and machine shop. And frankly the Wongs are not getting any younger. The end of the line, however, may come somewhat sooner than the Wongs had anticipated because of another end of the line. That would be the eastern terminus of the light-rail extension that will muscle its way through downtown Mesa over the next five years. Construction is to begin in 2013. A public project that big will inevitably step on a few toes – or land parcels. The approximately $200 million line will require about 40 land acquisitions – some big, some small – to accommodate traffic right-of-way, tracks, stations and other infrastructure. Most would be for only small slivers...
