Progress Around the Ranch

It seems as though there was a flurry of activity throughout Morrison Ranch for a while with new tenants in Lakeview Village, and houses erupting overnight from the ground in Higley Estates, and earth-moving equipment flying around Highland Groves. Now we've entered a bit of a lull; the actual work continues at a fast and furious pace, but the outward appearances seem to be the same. So here's a brief roundup of things you might not be seeing:

Highland Groves, at Elliot and Recker, is still installing the sewer lines. There is a weekly meeting at our office of the guys overseeing the various parts of this project, and they are uniformly encouraged by the pace and quality of the sewer crew (if this seems pretty mundane, ask the question, would you rather they be DIScouraged about the sewer installment? No, I thought not.) There is still a pile of excess dirt that will have to be moved. And lots of people are still contacting the builders and us about this project.

The street lights at the shopping center are finally working properly, as in, on at night, off during the day. It's been a long time since the Mister's February post on this, but things do seem to take a little time sometimes. I wonder how long before the up lights on the palm circles at the corner will take before they light up at night?

Lakeview Village continues to expand; Golf, Etc. is working hard on their interior. A veterinarian will be going in on the south side of the center. And of course, I'm anxious for Panda Express to begin their construction, behind the Bank of America. The blank space between the Albertson's and DiRicci's will start construction in June or so. That was left unconstructed to start because we were talking with a specific large tenant that would have required some special considerations in the building. That tenant is now not available, so the building will be constructed this summer and leased to other smaller tenants.

Higley Estates is rapidly nearing completion. The First Cousin's mother is buying a house there, and is busy planning her future move (construction hasn't yet started). I'm hoping to get some of her insights on the exciting, exhausting work of building a house in Estates.

The Mister is working very hard on finalizing the builders for Lakeview Trails North, the residential project that will be east of the shopping center, in the hope of breaking ground in mid 2006.

And in the "Say What?!" department... Our houseguest ran into a fellow who asked him if we were building something, a project, or a community, in Flagstaff. Let me state emphatically: NO. No, we're not. Morrison Ranch takes all our time and effort.