Author Archives: Terry Hernlund

Gammage & Burnham has been watching several important bills related to the development industry currently making their way through the Legislature. While the Session still has a long way to go, here is what we can tell you so far.

The Legislature has shown strong bipartisan support for the following:

• SB1258, COVID Permit Expiration Relief. The COVID pandemic has inspired the Legislature to advance a bill that will “toll,” or delay, the expiration of permits. If a development project has been delayed because of COVID, this could be very helpful.
• SB1520, General Plan Amendment Requirements.

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The ASU Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute has published a report by G&B Founder Grady Gammage, Jr.

Return to Watering the Sun Corridor is a follow-up to his 2011 report Watering the Sun Corridor which aimed to answer the same question: “Does Arizona have enough water for future growth?”  Over the past decade, the conversation about water rights and usage in Arizona has become more complex. See a preview below, and read the entirety of Return to Watering the Sun Corridor  here!

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Grady Gammage, Jr. and Cameron Artigue co-authored an opinion piece on the recent Arizona Supreme Court decision in Schires v. Carlat, related to development incentive agreements, which was published in the Arizona Republic on Monday, February 15. Read the full article here!

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Gammage & Burnham Partner Manjula Vaz is serving as the Chair for ULI Arizona’s Trends Day Conference! See a message from Manjula regarding the conference below, as shared in the ULI Arizona Monthly Newsletter.

You can learn more about Trends Day and register for the conference here!

The 16th Annual ULI Arizona Trends Day is fast approaching! This year Trends Day will be Trends Week with three mornings of future-focused real estate content, served up virtually. By going virtual, we’re able to showcase even more amazing national and local speakers, sharing timely discussions about development from both the private and public sectors and compelling issues that overarch all industry segments.

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It’s Election Time!  We know what you’re thinking – wait, didn’t we just have an election in November (…and December, and January)?  We did, but we didn’t quite finish the job, at least not in Phoenix City Council Districts 3 and 7.  In Districts 3 and 7 there are runoffs, and today the Phoenix City Clerk is mailing out early ballots to voters in those two Districts.  The official Election Day is March 9.  Please remember that Phoenix City Council races are non-partisan, just like our law firm.  The outcome of these two races will heavily influence the dynamics of the Phoenix City Council going forward.

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