
Greg Barr
Editor-in-Chief at Phoenix Business Journal
I'm the Editor in Chief of the Phoenix Business Journal. Follow my music and personal musings @gbrocks
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Mar 27, 2025 |
bizjournals.com | Greg Barr
CopperPoint Insurance, one of the Valley's largest privately held companies, has set its leadership transition. CEO Marc Schmittlein intends to retire, with a newly named executive prepping to take his place. For Marc Schmittlein, the CEO of CopperPoint Insurance Co., the timing to usher in a leadership transition couldn't be better.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
roselawgroupreporter.com | Greg Barr |Jordyn Holderman
By Greg Barr | Phoenix Business JournalNorth American builder Mattamy Homes has gone shopping, yet again, for prime real estate in another master-planned community south of Phoenix. This time, Mattamy Homes has acquired 4.1 acres in the Rocking K master-planned community in Vail, which is about 28 miles southwest of Tucson off Interstate 10. The company is operated by Toronto-based Mattamy Asset Management and has its U.S. headquarters in Orlando, Florida.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
bizjournals.com | Greg Barr
Is your Arizona startup setting a blazing pace? AZ Inno, the Phoenix Business Journal's affiliated online publication focused on Arizona's innovation sector, is again seeking nominations for the fourth annual AZ Inno Fire Awards. The cat's out of the bag: Arizona is one of the country's fastest-growing innovation and technology hubs.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
bizjournals.com | James Drew |Greg Barr
A regional bank headquartered in Illinois has gained a foothold in the Arizona market in the wake of a merger deal valued at $917 million. An acquisition deal spearheaded by First Busey Corporation, which operates Busey Bank, will give it an entrance into the Arizona market in the wake of its purchase of CrossFirst Bankshares. The two bank holding companies said this week that the merger deal was finalized March 1, boosting the total assets of Champaign, Illinois-based First Busey Corp.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
abc15.com | Greg Barr
PHOENIX — Armed with a transformative endowment grant, the Children's Museum of Phoenix is on the hunt for a general contractor that has worked with historic properties to oversee a major renovation and expansion. The museum has received a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., the largest such gift in the museum's history.
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