Construction is set to begin on turning the former site of a movie theater in Flagstaff into a new ADOT. In the state’s first public-private partnership involving real estate, ADOT together with the city of Flagstaff and Vintage Partners, a Phoenix-based development firm, completed a three-way land swap that will result in a new ADOT North Central District headquarters and Motor Vehicle Division office. The property of ADOT’s current offices on Milton Road will be redeveloped into student housing by Vintage Partners and allow Flagstaff to extend University Drive and reconfigure Beulah Boulevard, improving access through that part of town. The site will house ADOT district offices, MVD and commercial driver license offices, and lab facilities. Due to the complexity of the transaction, the three-party agreement took five years to complete.
