By Jay Taylor | InMaricopa
The Maricopa City Council approved the reacquisition of two acres adjacent to Estrella Gin Business Park at its meeting Tuesday, returning a potentially valuable asset to the city’s control. Estrella Gin is the city’s major commercial development, promising to bring more than 80,000 square feet of office, retail, light industrial and warehouse space to Maricopa.
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Tom and Tena Dugan, who owned a Maricopa NAPA Auto Parts store until it closed Feb. 1, 2020, had planned to rebuild on the Estrella Gin parcel at the northeast corner of Edison Road and Estrella Gin Business Parkway. The Dugans purchased the Estrella Gin parcel to relocate their store after the Arizona Department of Transportation bought their building as part of the overpass construction project.
City Manager Rick Horst said the transaction was a simple buy-back of the property, facilitated by a clause in the sale agreement that gave the city that right if the Dugans’ company, Mel’s Auto LLC, didn’t build on or develop the land within two years.
