By Roland Murphy | AZBEX
Developers Gehan Homes, Alliance Residential Company and Nico Howard have come together to propose a 40-acre mixed-use residential and commercial development at Indian School and Dysart roads in Avondale.
Known collectively as Ascend, the plan features “a horizontally-integrated residential village core… connected to two commercial areas and located south and east of the southeast corner of Dysart Road and Indian School Road,” according to the project narrative.
Prose at Ascend will feature 432 multifamily units on 19.41 net acres. Villas at Ascend will have 125 single-family homes on 12.5 net acres, and the commercial Shops at Ascend will be built on two parcels totaling 7.8 acres.

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