Family portrait supplied with the playground-business announcement; the planned playground is not pictured. Image source: Casa Grande Dispatch
Kelly Pryor is planning Tiny Bears Playhouse, an indoor play place in Casa Grande for children up to age 5, with a gated baby area, a cafe side and room for birthday parties, the Casa Grande Dispatch reports. Pryor, who has a background in early childhood education and has worked with kids for more than a decade, says the vision is a place where children can play, explore, imagine and socialize in a calm, thoughtfully designed environment while the adults have somewhere comfortable to sit. She plans to lease and build out an existing commercial space rather than build new, has an area in mind but nothing final, and hopes to have a site picked by the end of January with an opening anticipated in spring 2027, depending on construction, inspection and permitting. Kids roughly 5 to 11 will have plenty to do too, she said, and older siblings are welcome.
This brief records the information reported on Sep 18, 2026. Opening dates and operating details may have changed.
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Lamar Companies and partner Real Capital Solutions announced November 9 that they sold the 480,000-square-foot Promenade at Casa Grande for $63.1 million. The sellers say the transaction closed October 8. The shopping center is at Interstate 10 and Florence Boulevard; the announcement does not identify the buyer or announce new stores or changes to shopping hours.
Source: Lamar Companies via PR NewswireThe historic Paramount Theatre in Casa Grande. Area context photograph; the business or event in this story is not pictured. Photo: Tony the Marine ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
AZ Sourcing is seeking to revise part of the long-stalled PhoenixMart development for a proposed Casa Grande Tech Center. The request covers 251 acres within the 585.9-acre planned development and would allow additional industrial uses. Casa Grande’s Planning and Zoning Commission is expected to consider the amendment November 12, 2026, according to separate reporting from Phoenix Business Journal and PinalCentral. The proposal remains under review. AZBEX reports that any data-center components would need additional applications and hearings; the November 12 review is not a data-center construction approval.
Source: Phoenix Business Journal via ABC15, PinalCentral and AZBEXThe historic Paramount Theatre in Casa Grande. Area context photograph; the business or event in this story is not pictured. Photo: Tony the Marine ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Visitors can see aircraft and meet pilots at Casa Grande Municipal Airport, 3225 N. Lear Ave., on Saturday, November 28, from 7 to 10 a.m. Admission is free. Pinal Lodge No. 30 will serve breakfast for $10 per person, and children ages 10 and younger eat free.
