Arizona Expansion Strengthens Engineering Firm’s Ability to Serve Southwest Markets

San Diego, CA, (September 30, 2026 – Latitude 33 Planning, Engineering & Surveying is expanding its footprint in the Southwest with the opening of a new Phoenix, AZ office, positioning the firm to better serve one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing metropolitan areas. Located at 200 East Van Buren, Ste. 401 in downtown Phoenix, the firm’s new office is strategically situated in the heart of the city’s central business district and cultural core—within four blocks of the Phoenix Convention Center, Chase Field (home of the Arizona Diamondbacks), and the Mortgage Matchup Center (home of Phoenix Suns). Establishing an office in Phoenix marks an important milestone in Latitude 33’s continued growth and strengthens its ability to serve clients and communities across Arizona and the broader Southwest.

Industry Expertise Meets the Needs of a Growing Market

Building on its decades of experience delivering infrastructure solutions throughout California, opening an office in Phoenix was a natural progression for Latitude 33. In addition to having team members already licensed and working in the State of Arizona, the market sectors in the Phoenix metro area match the firm’s strengths. With experience gained while working on Southern California’s most significant projects, Latitude 33 is well positioned to support Phoenix’s bustling aviation, healthcare, civic, defense, higher education, commercial, and hospitality industries. Recent Latitude 33 projects include:

Aviation

• San Diego International Airport New T1 (San Diego, CA)
• Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 5 (Los Angeles, CA)
• Hollywood Burbank Airport (Burbank, CA)

Healthcare & Wellness 

• UC San Diego Hillcrest Medical Campus Redevelopment (San Diego, CA)
• Southern Nevada Health BSL-3 Lab (Las Vegas, NV)
• Sharp Grossmont Master Plan (La Mesa, CA)

Civic 

• San Diego County Operations Center (San Diego, CA)
• County of San Diego Youth Transition Campus (San Diego, CA)
• Torrey Pines Fire Station #52 (San Diego, CA)

Education 

• UCLA Sunset Canyon Recreation Center (Los Angeles, CA)
• UC San Diego Triton Center (La Jolla, CA)
• LA Community College District West College Heldman Center (Culver City, CA)

Federal

• Numerous projects at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (Yuma, AZ)
• Army Reserve Center at the BT Colins Army Reserve Center (Sacramento, CA)
• Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex Upgrades and Tow Route Improvements (Lompoc, CA)

Matthew J. Semic, PE, President of Latitude 33, states, “Our growth has been driven by our multidisciplinary capabilities, and the relationships we’ve built with our clients and partners. In fact, it was our partners who initially brought us into the Phoenix market—asking us to follow up successful projects in California with additional work in Arizona. We have strategically decided to open a local office, which will allow us to build on those relationships, be more accessible to our partners and clients, and bring the full depth of Latitude 33’s expertise to Phoenix and the broader Southwest.”

Expansion into New Market Will Bring New Talent

Latitude 33 will also leverage its presence Phoenix to attract and recruit new talent. As of Fall 2025, Arizona State University (ASU) alone had more than 650 civil engineering undergraduates in the pipeline, and it confers roughly 125 new civil engineering bachelor’s degrees annually. With a growing portfolio of projects and an expanding presence in new markets, Latitude 33 is continually recruiting civil engineers and additional team members to meet increasing client demand and strengthen its capabilities.

Expanding Geographic Reach

The opening of a new Phoenix office is part of Latitude 33’s organic geographic expansion in recent years. With well-established headquarters in San Diego, the firm opened an office in downtown Los Angeles in March 2024 to serve its clients in Ventura, Riverside, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Subsequently, the firm opened an office in Burbank, CA, home to a fully staffed survey team to serve Los Angeles and the surrounding region. The firm also has an Inland Empire office and a Northern California office in Sacramento, CA.  As Latitude 33 establishes its first office in Arizona, the firm broadens its Southwest focus and is better equipped to meet its current contracts throughout the region including projects in Phoenix, AZ; Las Vegas, NV; Yuma, AZ, and beyond.

TUCSON, AZ (Sept. 29, 2026) — The property housing Camp Lowell Surgery Center at 4620 E. Camp Lowell Drive sold September 23 for $11.4 million. The buyer was MMOF IV Tucson AZ LLC, an entity associated with Nashville-based Montecito Medical Office Fund IV. The seller was Camp Lowell MD Investments LLC, managed by Dr. Laurence D. Kaye.

Built in 2005, the outpatient surgery center sits on 1.36 acres about two miles from Tucson Medical Center. The 16,628-square-foot building includes seven operating rooms, preoperative and postoperative areas, administrative space and a backup generator.

Nathan Huffman and Ryan O’Connell marketed the property through Peranich Huffman Net Lease Group. It sold as a fully occupied, single-tenant investment, with Camp Lowell Surgery Center LLC operating at the site under an absolute net lease.

The offering listed annual base rent of $747,027, with 2.5% annual increases and a lease term extending through March 31, 2036. Based on that rent and the recorded sale price, the transaction reflects an approximate 6.55% cap rate. Camp Lowell Surgery Center continues to operate at the property as a tenant.

Source: RED Comp #12732

ELOY, Ariz. (Sept. 29, 2026)  — Freeberg Industrial Fabrication has opened a 160,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 5610 N. Sunland Gin Road in Eloy, more than doubling the California company’s total footprint. The city celebrated the opening with a ribbon cutting September 16.

The facility will assemble reciprocating engine power generation packages and other large-scale electromechanical systems. Freeberg manufactures sheet metal and structural steel components and provides cutting, forming, welding, painting and engineering services. Its Eloy plant adds capacity to handle the large, heavy components used in its products.

Freeberg has hired 40 employees in Eloy and expects to employ about 75 by the end of 2026 and 200 by the end of 2027. The company projects an investment of up to $12 million in equipment, facility improvements and related costs through 2027.

The Eloy operation extends Freeberg’s manufacturing presence beyond Escondido, California. Its location along Interstate 10 places it between the Phoenix and Tucson markets as the company expands service across the Southwest. Freeberg is part of Hill & Smith PLC and supplies engineered products for the data center, power generation and infrastructure markets.

Source: Arizona Commerce Authority announcement