Sun State Builders

Last week, the Sun State Builders team volunteered with our friends at The Structures Group Southwest to pack meals for Feed My Starving Children. Together, we packed 81 boxes: 17,496 meals, $5,073.84 in food, and enough to feed 47 kids for a full year.

The crew is making progress at the site of Chamberlain Group’s distribution center expansion in Tucson for EastGroup Properties, all alongside a continuously operating facility.

Our team has celebrated Halloween together for 21 years, and this year’s party had everything: great costumes, delicious food and a little friendly competition. Cheers to another unforgettable celebration! 🎃👻

This week, Virgin Galactic completed assembly of Apeiron, the first Delta SpaceShip at the Mesa facility. Sun State Builders is proud to have constructed the shell of the more than 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and we’re excited to see what Virgin Galactic does next.

AF Steel Fabricators' new production facility is complete! We constructed the 65,273-square-foot steel-framed production plant as a duplicate of the existing on-site facility. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who plays a part in bringing projects like this to life.

The Sky's the Limit ✈️ Andrea Piering "took flight" with Willmeng Construction, Inc., at the 2026 Treasure House Arizona Game Night at Scottsdale Hangar One. The night brought lots of laughs and friendly competition while raising funds for the nonprofit.

We recently completed a full tenant improvement for Vecina's new location at McCormick Ranch — it is the second restaurant location for James and Raenee Fox, nearly three times the size of their original Arcadia flagship.

How often do you see a company's culture in action? At Sun State Builders, it shows up in every phase of a project: before we break ground, during construction and long after turnover. Our latest newsletter walks through all three. Read more at ow.ly/8lff50ZULN3

Racking is up, lights are on and the office space is on schedule to wrap soon at the site of Pure Logic Industries' new 29,845-square-foot headquarters and production facility in Chandler Airpark.

Relationships are the backbone of our business. We’re incredibly grateful for the trust our clients place in us, and even more grateful when business turns into friendships, adventures, and memories like this. Here’s to great people, big fish, and even bigger memories!

Yesterday's groundbreaking for Chamberlain Group's building expansion marked another milestone in an incredible story of growth, vision and determination. Year after year, they continue to raise the bar, break the metrics they set for themselves and redefine what’s possible.

Floor pour is in the books at the site of Willow Hills Baptist Church in Prescott. The two ground-up builds will include a 35,953-square-foot worship center with classrooms and a 4,956-square-foot admin building situated on an almost 19-acre site.

Behind every project is a team of skilled people who show up and get the job done right. Happy Labor Day to the skilled tradespeople, craftsmen and office staff who make the projects we build possible.

The 2026 InterFace Phoenix Industrial conference is in the books. Sun State Builders CEO Mike Forst took part in the Trends in Architecture, Design and Construction panel, looking at trends shaping the Valley's industrial landscape.

Coming soon to Anthem: Sun State Builders is breaking ground next month on a single-tenant shell building for Greenwood & McKenzie. The 17,667-square-foot facility will include administrative and visitor space, with a warehouse featuring dock doors and grade-level overhead doors.

Last week, the Sun State Builders team traded in hard hats for gloves to sort produce and pack food boxes to support families in need. Tempe Community Action Agency works to eliminate poverty and advance equitable communities across the East Valley.

Sun State Builders CEO Mike Forst will speak at the annual InterFace Phoenix Industrial conference Tuesday, September 1, at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort. Catch him on the Trends in Architecture, Design and Construction panel.

Significant progress at two of our job sites! The flagpole is up at the site of JFN Mechanical's new headquarters in Goodyear and glass install is underway, while signage is now up at Pure Logic Industries' new headquarters in Chandler Airpark.

JFN Mechanical's new headquarters in Goodyear is nearing the finish line. The custom covered parking structures are going in, landscaping and paving are complete, and inside, the two-story office and sheet metal fabrication warehouse are taking their final shape.

With walls up on all sides, roof sheathing is now underway at the site of Pasternack 10 — Warehouse 4. Designed for tenants who need fast product turnaround, the 450,000-square-foot Class A cross-dock facility features 40' clear height and 71 dock doors on an all-concrete site.