Phoenix Rising Investments, Willmeng Celebrate Grand Opening of Aviation Institute of Maintenance Campus

Phoenix Rising Investments celebrated the grand opening of the Aviation Institute of Maintenance’s first Phoenix, Arizona campus in the AMPlify Riverpoint business district. The new AIM campus is located just south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and just four miles from South Mountain High School, which has an exploratory aviation program. AIM has entered into a partnership with South Mountain to offer dual-credit aviation maintenance programs and has an ongoing partnership with American Airlines.

In 2022, PRI recognized AMPlify Riverpoint’s potential as an office-to-industrial redevelopment candidate due to its access to power infrastructure, good structural quality and strategic location. PRI led the way in development for the new vision at AMPlify Riverpoint. Evolution Design was the design partner and Willmeng Construction led the team that transformed an 80,309-square-foot call center into a modern educational and training space. The scope of work entailed the addition of 15 new classrooms, a welding room, a composite lab and two large airplane hangars. Sized at approximately 21,000 square feet and featuring 40-foot high doors, the hangars can accommodate work on planes and helicopters. In addition, the American Airlines community room holds approximately 100 people. AIM and American Airlines are making this meeting room available to community groups to use, free of charge, for meetings or other gatherings.