Farmers Markets Scheduled For Saturday

The Downtown Historic Fifth Avenue Merchants are hosting Saturday Farmers Markets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through May.

The markets will feature fresh and seasonal produce, herbs, plants, specialty foods, wines, fine crafts and music.

The Fifth Avenue Farmer’s Market also will be open 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.
For information, visit arizonafarmersmarkets.com.

Source: East Valley Tribune

$139.5 Million Terra Verde Office Project

Construction has begun on a new office project west of Loop 101 on Bell Road in North Scottsdale. Developer Desert Troon Companies is building Terra Verde One, the first of three buildings planned for a site by the TPC Desert golf Course and adjacent to the Scottsdale Marriott hotel. The three-story office property will contain 180,000 square-feet of office space and will feature two levels of subterranean parking It is scheduled for completion in summer 2009. The project will total 480,000 square-feet of high-end office space when all three buildings are completed, with parking for 1,600 vehicles. Total cost of the project is $139.5 million. Terra Verde was designed by Butler Design Group and is being constructed by D.L. Withers Construction. Mike Beall and Tim Whittemore of Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona are leasing agents for the property.

Source: John McLean, Arizona Business Gazette