Connect CRE · Phoenix · Land
Phoenix Hopes to Kickstart Development Along Salt River
Via Connect CRE · July 20, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · July 20, 2026
Why this matters
Land continues to behave as the highest-conviction long-duration bet in CRE. In supply-constrained luxury markets, replacement-cost-positive entitlements remain scarce; in growth-corridor exurbs, sponsors with patient capital are accumulating positions ahead of the next residential or industrial pipeline. Phoenix is at the front of the Sun Belt multifamily rent-growth recovery and continues to absorb large-format industrial along the I-10 corridor. The trade is a basis call, not an income call, and continues to attract family-office and high-net-worth capital that can hold through the cycle.
Editorial analysis · AI-assisted
Excerpt from Connect CRE:
Looking down from above, the land running along the Salt River is a hodgepodge of service yards, sand-and-gravel operations, and vacant desert that often serves as a dumping ground. The city of Phoenix wants to change…
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