Article originally posted on tucson.com on December 2nd, 2020
Plans for a new hotel in downtown Tucson are in the works for the city’s tallest building, One South Church. Phoenix investors 1SC Hotel QOZB LLC, bought five floors of the 23-story tower for a 145-room boutique hotel for $7.5 million.
The hotel will be on floors 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The rest of the tower, named after its address, will remain office space and also be upgraded.
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Article originally posted on tucson.com on November 26th, 2020
Texas-based restaurant concept pairing craft-casual food and drink with a large, open, off-leash play area for dogs is looking to set up shop in Tucson by late 2021. The restaurant’s claim to fame is its off-leash dog parks, where owners can let their pets run free while having a drink or getting a bite to eat on-site.

The restaurant offers a menu that includes sandwiches, burgers, chicken dishes and snack plates, with craft beer and mixed drink options to wash them down. Pets can munch on mini-beef franks, known as “doggie dogs,” and pupsicles, dog-friendly popsicles made from beef broth, and peanut butter on edible sticks.

The parks are maintained by staff members known as “bark rangers,” who clean up after the pets and de-escalate any situation where the dogs might “get too rowdy”.

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Article originally posted on tucson.com on November 30th, 2020
Project: Broadway 
ETA: September 2021
Improvement: Increase to six lanes, buffered bike lanes, bus pullout outs, and more pedestrian crossings
Project: Houghton Road
ETA: Late 2021
Improvement: Increase from two lanes to six lanes & Houghton Road Bridge
Project: Oracle Road
ETA: 2023
Improvement: Paving, improving/adding sidewalks, adding lighting and drainage improvements
Project: Ruthrauff
ETA: Late 2021
Improvement: a bridge over the union pacific railroad tracks for motorists.
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Article originally posted on tucson.com on November 23rd, 2020

Tucson has two micro-satellite launch operations, as Vector’s new owners recently announced a restart of operations in Tucson, and Vector’s former CEO has co-founded a new small-rocket space transportation company here. And there’s more to come, including another local startup looking to launch its first ground-imaging satellite in mid-2021.
News of Vector’s apparent resurrection was welcomed by local business and tech leaders, especially Stephen Fleming, a University of Arizona technology leader who has led the Arizona Space Business Roundtable for the past three years. “It’s encouraging, but I’m encouraged by the whole ecosystem here,” said Fleming, who is director of innovation ecosystem at the UA’s new Center for Quantum Networks and executive-in-residence at the UA’s new FORGE business accelerator. “There are half a dozen cities in the country tk ...

Article originally posted on insidetucsonbusiness.com on November 20th, 2020

Despite being hammered by passenger reductions due to COVID, the Tucson International Airport is keeping busy. On Oct. 15, the Tucson Airport Authority broke ground on a $300 million Airfield Safety Enhancement project, which involves reconstruction of a runway, new taxiways, installation of aircraft guidance systems and a modernization of the airfield to meet current Federal Aviation Administration design standards. Depending on FAA funding, the project is planned to finish in three to five years. 
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