PhoenixMart delays cause change in permit; positive attitude urged
By Phil Riske | Rose Law Group Reporter
With Friday’s Casa Grande’s approval of a permit to pour the foundation slab for the PhoenixMart, the world expo center is a move closer to rising from the ground, but the permit does not authorize vertical construction.
The project is a year behind schedule because of delays in the EB5 investment program, which permits preference to foreign nationals for green cards who invest at least $1 million in a U.S. project.
Delays brought a change Thursday in a permit to attach banners along a chain link fence outside the construction site to promote the project. The city reduced to two years from five years the length of time the banners could be up after concerns expressed by Planning and Zoning Commissioner Paul Zalewski.