How Grand Canyon University plans to grow its Phoenix campus to 400 acres (Video)

In an effort to grow to 400 acres, Grand Canyon Education Inc. (Nasdaq: LOPE) is methodically acquiring apartment complexes and vacant land surrounding its Grand Canyon University campus at 33rd Avenue and Camelback Road in Phoenix.

Plans call for buying property and apartment complexes surrounding the campus so that eventually the GCU campus will be bounded by 35th Avenue on the west, Missouri Avenue on the north, 27th Avenue on the east and Camelback Road on the south.

Sometimes the transactions…

Latina-owned advertising agency christens new studios with art gallery, culture lab

A Latina-owned advertising and marketing agency has christened new downtown Phoenix studios that include a culture lab and art gallery.

Tania Torres’ Torres Multicultural Communications is located at Eighth and Washington streets in downtown Phoenix.

The 8,000-square-foot building includes the Luna Culture Lab which melds local artists work with social research and marketing.

Torres founded the firm five years ago. The new studios were designed by Jeff Swan of Swan Architects Inc. and build…

Cuomo predicts disaster in New York City real estate market without rent stabilization extension

Gov. Andrew Cuomo predicted disaster for New York City’s real estate market if the state Legislature fails to renew a rent stabilization law set to expire in June.

“If we don’t extend rent [measures], we will have chaos in the real estate market,” Cuomo said Friday to the Association for a Better New York in Midtown. “Without rent regulations and rent stabilization, you’ll have chaos in the real estate market unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Because if it lapses one day, you will see real estate…

Lumberyard redevelopment in Grafton adds more apartments to first phase

Shaffer Development LLC added more apartments to the first phase of its Lumberyard development in Grafton, bringing the count to 72.

Also this week, Greenfield officials approved plans for a Meijer store and Cobalt Partners’ redevelopment of 42 acres near Interstate 894.

In Grafton, village officials and Mequon developer Cindy Shaffer are working their way toward a fall construction start for the Lumberyard. The project covers 4.7 acres at Wisconsin Avenue and Beech Street, envisioning a neighborhood-style…

The Brooklynization of Allston begins

It happened quietly last week.

A sign was painted in big stenciled lettering on top of what used to be the Allston outpost of Somerville’s Joshua Tree Bar: “The Bee’s Knees Supply Co.”

To longtime residents of Allston, the opening of the Bee’s Knees market and restaurant — which happens to have quality sandwiches, wines and other foods — heralds the Brooklynization (or Somervillization or Southie-ization) of the neighborhood. Google Brooklynization and you’ll find other neighborhoods in other…