Swanky development rockin’ ranch site

The Zen development in Phoenix also sports decks atop garages as its Mesa counterpart will feature once construction of the site on Baseline Road gets underway. / Special to the Tribune

By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune

Another nostalgic property that harkened back to Mesa’s frontier past is fading into memory.

The Rockin’ R Ranch, and Old West themed dinner theater, has been torn down and will be replaced by Zen on Baseline, a trendy gated townhouse community.

Rockin’ R Ranch, which closed in December after a 35-year-run, has been leveled so that Pacific Rim Properties can complete a cultural and aesthetic transformation at the 6.9-acre site on Baseline Road, east of Recker Road.

But first the developers must obtain a zoning change from commercial to multi-family residential, with the Mesa City Council scheduled to vote on whether to introduce an ordinance at Monday’s meeting.

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