Jean Wfry's Blog

Apple and Arizona are dancing. They sway to and fro.  The Dance is the Apple Data Center Tango.  The Credits and rebates are on the line and Arizona and Apple are dancing to come to terms on The Data Center Tango. Dancing in the moonlight Everybodys feeling warm and bright Its such a fine and na...

Downtown Mesa is clearly an evolving area.  The hopes and dreams of Mesa rest on creating a focal point for the city.  The downtown is expanding, more shopping and restaurants are attracting millineals.  With light-rail service set to begin this fall, some feel downtown Mesa is finally on the cu...

The 1 million-square-foot Apple building has had a change of plans.  The building that was initially to be First solar, then GT Advanced technologies (manufacturing sapphire glass for Apple) will now be a data center for Apple. When the 1 million-square-foot building was to be a 700-employee man...

Downtown Mesa is a happening place.  Well it will  be, so if you want to be on the cutting edge,  listen up.  Downtown Mesa is here, and it is  so much more than you think. Check it out and you will be amazed. With rail service expected to begin this fall, the area is looking to change its image...

Apple is going into a new direction with the GT Advanced Technologies plant in Mesa .  Apple now plans a Data Center at the facility.  This will bring 15o jobs to Mesa. This project will be a huge investment for Apple.  They plan on powering it with renewable energy. It looks like Apple could be...

Mesa real estate development seems to be on the rise.  Two projects that have been on the back burner in Mesa are finally moving forward. After 30 years of waiting, a 21-acre farm lot along the Superstition Freeway in south-central Mesa appears finally headed for development, this time as a comm...

It is easier to review the past than to predict the future. But alot can be learned. The Phoenix housing market in 2014 was slow.  New home sales--Down 9.8%.  New home permits--Down 15.2%.  Existing home sales--Down 7.9%. Housing starts (The number of new residential construction projects that h...

Michael Orr on the Phoenix Housing Market.  If you want to know the Phoenix housing market you read what Michael Orr has to say.  He is discussing major factors that determine the Phoenix housing market-- investors, foreclosures, supply and demand, and rentals. He also looks at the scenario that...