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Working to Ensure Building Sustainability

“Among its many innovations, CHASSE Building Team has adopted Lean Construction Methods and developed a customized CHASSE Lean approach. CHASSE Lean is a collaborative process to achieve maximum value on all of our projects while minimizing project waste such as cost, material, time and effort,” says Barry Chasse, founder of CHASSE Building Team.

CHASSE’s Lean construction approach starts with identifying and creating a project community. The community is everyone involved in successfully completing the project: the owner, architect, CHASSE team, trade partners, consultants, inspectors, etc. The community adheres to CHASSE’s Lean culture by being respectful of each other, collaborating by asking instead of telling, and striving to get better every day.

From the baseline construction schedule prepared during the design phase, CHASSE Building Team invites the entire project community to participate in a Pull Planning Session. Using a graph schedule and sticky notes, each community member can map out their task, what they need to start, how many days the task will take, and how many team members are involved. This innovative approach is very different from typical construction scheduling methods. The end result is a project schedule the community collaboratively creates, agrees upon and takes ownership of. Ultimately, the approach enables CHASSE to be “very proactive rather than reactive in identifying delays and the corrective actions needed in order to reduce rework and waste,” Chasse says.

CHASSE incorporates sustainable building in its own company practices. Describing the company’s headquarters, which it moved into in late 2019, Chasse says, “CHASSE Building Team’s new office location was founded, designed and constructed with sustainability at the forefront. Every aspect of our new home is not only environmentally responsible, but also takes into consideration team member comfort and operational protocols.”

A snapshot of CHASSE’s sustainable efforts includes energy-efficient elements: highefficiency mechanical units, energy management system, passive cooling, efficient indoor lighting, a high-performing building envelope and photovoltaics.

Environmental elements range from salvage and repurposing to recycling construction waste. “When looking for our new business home, we wanted to ‘make something new again’ … It was important to us to repurpose a structure, and salvage as much of the materials as possible. We repurposed a 1970’s warehouse in Tempe. We salvaged over 70% of the building components, while adding a modern industrial feel.” The project achieved its goal of diverting 75% of construction waste from the landfill. And for continuing daily operations, “All of our paper products are made with post-consumer recycled content. We use digital plans with Plan Grid software and recycle all of our paper waste.”

Occupant comfort is also part of CHASSE’s environmental focus, from height-adjustable work stations to healthy lunches three times a week. Going even further, Chasse says, “We have several bikes and motorized scooters for our team to use for lunch breaks and errands. We are located less a half mile to 20 restaurants and major retail stores. Our office is an easy commute from anywhere in the Valley. We are less than two miles from the light rail and have a bus stop less than 500 yards from our front doors.” —RaeAnne Marsh

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Best-In-Class Industrial Project Underway in West Valley

Leading design-build construction firm LGE Design Build, alongside developer Echo Real Estate Capital, has begun construction on Echo Park 303, a two-building, modern industrial facility in Glendale near the intersection of Northern Parkway and Reems Road. With an expected completion of Q3 2023, the 676,176-square-foot best-in-class industrial product will sit on nearly 40 acres of land — marking the latest addition to the flourishing Loop 303 corridor. —Mike Hunter lgedesignbuild.com • echorecap.com

Small to Mid-Bay Multi-Tenant Industrial Added in East and West Valley

Nicola Wealth Real Estate has partnered with Hopewell Development (Hopewell to acquire a 17.79-acre industrial development site in the north Mesa submarket adjacent to Falcon Field Airport and a total of 14.20 acres in Peoria off the 101 Corridor. The two projects total 32 acres with the ability to develop up to 486,200 square feet spread over six buildings.

The North Mesa project will deliver much-needed modern multi-tenant industrial product for small to mid-bay users. Mike Parker of CBRE brokered the off-market transaction and will be leasing the 264,500-square-foot three-building project, which has been branded Falcon202 Commerce Park. Hopewell is currently securing entitlements, with construction anticipated to commence by early 2023.

In Peoria, the partnership has acquired the remaining two infill sites in Empire Business Park adjacent to Loop 101. The project consists of three buildings totaling 221,700 square feet. Brian Gleason and Bonnie Haley of Colliers International brokered the transaction and will be handling the leasing. The three class A buildings ranging in size from 65,000 to 93,000 square feet are under construction and are capable of accommodating single users or multiple tenant demising plans. —Mike Hunter hopewelldevelopment.com/properties/usa realestate.nicolawealth.com