Move to repeal city's gray-water ordinance meets criticism, is delayed

The city staff and a building advisory committee want to repeal a 2008 law requiring separate gray-water plumbing in new Tucson homes.

Move to repeal gray-water rule is postponed after criticism

The city staff and a building advisory committee want to repeal a 2008 law requiring separate gray-water plumbing in new Tucson homes.

Developer buys land for 400 homes in Oro Valley

A California company has paid $10 million to buy 168 acres for a new housing development in Oro Valley’s Rancho Vistoso retirement community.

With housing down, Strobeck bows out

John Strobeck in his east-side home, surrounded by vintage Pepsi-Cola paraphernalia, a couple of jukeboxes and ensconced in a diner booth that dates to the 1950s.

With housing down, Strobeck bows out

At the housing boom's peak, 12,000 new-home permits were pulled in the Tucson area annually and the permits' chief counter - real estate analyst John Strobeck - was doing a half-million dollars in yearly business.

Contractors embracing more energy efficiencies

Builder Deborah Chah stands in the doorway of the bathroom, directly across from the door to the balcony, during a recent tour of the smart lofts at East Glenn Street and North Mountain Avenue.

Contractors embracing more energy efficiencies

Builder Krista Miller helped create energy-efficient smart lofts on infill lots on the north side.

Contractors embracing more energy efficiencies

Builder Deborah Chah says the pair "wanted to do something more mindful" in constructing the lofts, which preserved native vegetation on site.

Contractors embracing more energy efficiencies

Builders Deborah Chah, left, and Krista Miller walk around the exterior of the smart lofts, where they made a concerted effort to work around some of the established plants that were on the lot. Chah and Miller plan to build clusters of energy-efficient buildings around town.