PIMA COUNTY (Sept. 23, 2026) – Pima County Development Services is seeking public comment on proposed changes to the Zoning Code that govern data centers.

County Administrator Jan Lesher Monday sent a memo to the Board of Supervisors with a draft of the proposed changes to Title 18 of the Zoning Code. The changes are scheduled to go before the Planning and Zoning Commission Oct. 28. In anticipation of that, Development Services is seeking input from the public.

The Board of Supervisors is considering a moratorium on data center development at its meeting Sept. 22 to give time to developing zoning code changes for data centers for their consideration at a meeting later this fall.

Development Services has published an online survey that asks the public to rank the importance of areas in the code under consideration, and it will hold an open house Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the basement of the Public Works Building, 201 N. Stone Ave. It will host a forum online in October as well, though details for that are still being finalized.

The proposed regulatory framework for data centers would:

• Define data centers
• Establish a development review process
• Provide development standards
• Provide design standards
• Require applicants to conduct noise studies and mitigation
• Require compliance with the Conservation Lands Systems

The open house will have copies of the code change proposal and other information. The public will be able to review the changes and make comments or ask questions.

Development Services is asking for feedback about what the public is most concerned about when it comes to data centers, the types of code protections they think are most important, and what types of mitigation methods the County should require.

The survey link can be found on the department’s website, pima.gov/land-planning-regulation, or the public can send an email to [email protected].

Class A development will deliver two buildings in the Chandler Airpark submarket

CHANDLER, Ariz.  (September 23, 2026) — Seefried Industrial Properties, in partnership with WDP Partners, has broken ground on a new Class A industrial project at 1703 S. Arizona Ave. (State Route 87) in Chandler. Situated on 16.7 acres just north of Germann Road, the two-building project will add 269,100 square feet of modern industrial space to the Chandler Airpark submarket, the city’s fastest-growing employment corridor.

Building A will total 69,300 square feet, while Building B will total 199,800 square feet. Both buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinkler systems, with a combined 65 dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, 204 parking spaces and 56 trailer spaces.

”We are very excited to team up with WDP, CBRE and ARCO to deliver a market driven development that will be utilized by employers to serve southeast valley businesses and its communities, said Seefried Industrial Properties Senior Vice President Jason Quintel.

The project’s Arizona Avenue location provides immediate access to one of the Southeast Valley’s primary north-south arterials, with direct connectivity to Loop 202 via a full-diamond interchange less than one mile away. Users will also benefit from efficient access to Loop 101 and Interstate 10, Chandler Municipal Airport, the Price Corridor, the East Valley labor pool and regional distribution routes serving metropolitan Phoenix and the broader Southwest.

“What makes this project stand out is that it’s not only well located, but also highly functional,” said Dan Calihan, Executive Vice President, and Tyler Vowels, Vice President, with CBRE. “Tenants today are focused on facility security, loading capacity, and access to labor, and this development delivers on all fronts. Fronting Arizona Avenue and located less than a mile from the Loop 202 interchange, the project provides unmatched access to the Southeast Valley’s workforce and transportation network within the Chandler Airpark area.”

Leasing and marketing efforts are being led by Dan Calihan, Pat Feeney and Tyler Vowels of CBRE.

ARCO is serving as the project’s general contractor.

Completion is anticipated in the third quarter of 2027.

TUCSON, AZ (Sept. 22, 2026) — A 3,892-square-foot childcare property at 8425 E. Old Spanish Trail in Tucson sold for $2.3 million, or approximately $590.96 per square foot, in an investment sale that closed September 3, 2026.

The buyer was KC Tucson LLC, with a mailing address in Kaysville, Utah. The seller was Tucson AZ (8425 E Old Spanish) LLC, an entity affiliated with InSite Real Estate of Oak Brook, Illinois. The property sits on approximately 0.48 acres and is identified by Pima County as parcel 134-09-015H.

The property is occupied by Skyrise School on Old Spanish Trail, part of the KinderCare family of early education centers. KinderCare’s current site information identifies the location as serving children from six weeks through age 12 and lists Sharon Johnson as center director.

The investment was marketed with a new 15-year triple-net lease to KinderCare, backed by a corporate guaranty, with 2 percent annual rent increases throughout the primary term and options. Marketing materials also noted that the childcare operation has been at the site for more than two decades.

The property was marketed by Putnam Daily, Managing Partner, and Lindsey Snider, Senior Partner, of Fisher James Capital, in association with Scott Reid of ParaSell, Inc., the Arizona-licensed broker on the offering. Daily can be reached at 510.289.1166; Snider at 831.566.6270; and Reid at 949.942.6578.

Marketing materials highlighted the property’s location just south of Broadway Boulevard, approximately six miles from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and nine miles from the University of Arizona, with an estimated population of more than 200,000 residents within five miles.

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