Development Trust May Buy and Develop Public Land

TEMPE, AZ—City officials plan to partner with a large, publicly-traded real estate firm for the commercial development of approximately 100 acres of city-owned land near Tempe Town Lake. The development would take place over the next decade, the Phoenix Business Journal reports.

The city issued a statement this week outlining how the proposed contract with Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY), a Philadelphia-based real estate investment trust, could rake in about $11.9 million in net revenue for the city. That revenue would come from the sale of the land and the project also has the potential to create up to 6,500 new jobs over the life of the agreement.