Arizona Daily Star reporter Gabriela Rico's top 5 stories of 2022
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We are sharing Arizona Daily Star reporters' and photographers' favorite work from 2022.
(5) updates to this series since Updated
How to solve the affordable-housing crisisFor Star subscribers: Communities seem have three choices: grow wider, grow taller or stop growing.
For subscribers: The successful bidder paid all cash, no contingencies, no appraisal, no inspection for a second home.
For Star subscribers: Developers in the Tucson-area are eagerly building more communities of houses — not apartments — that are exclusively for renters.
For Star subscribers: As the price of single family homes continues to soar, condos are making a comeback in Tucson as alternatives or investments.
For Star subscribers: The community will offer resort style amenities, with homes starting around $200,000 — nearly half the average cost of a new home in Sahuarita.
Gabriela Rico
Reporter
Our reporters, producers and photographers chose their top 5 pieces of work from 2022. Here are their selections:
For Star subscribers: The purchase of a former Circle K building will allow the Drawing studio to double in size to serve its growing Tucson community.
Find out what new restaurants are opening in Tucson, along with developments in the local housing market and commercial real estate.
Construction began on the 16-story, $8 million Great Western Bank building at 5151 E. Broadway in 1973. It was, and still is, the only high ri…
A home on Hidden Valley Road near Sabino Canyon north of Tucson sold for $1 million over the asking price.
Some, but by no means all, of the larger projects on Tucson-area land in the past 50 years.
For Star subscribers: Twenty flavors of macarons along with gelato, croissants, napoleons, tarts, coffee and tea will be available at the new shop.
For Star subscribers: Developers of a sports complex are partnering with Pima Community College and businesses to provide employment opportunities.
For Star subscribers: Approval of the Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act paves the way for a new casino on Tucson's west side.
For Star subscribers: The restaurant chain will open both midtown locations, featuring mobile order pickup lanes, in the summer.