By Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News
Residents of three far-west Ahwatukee communities scored a victory last week as the developers of the massive Upper Canyon subdivision dropped their efforts to avoid widening South Chandler Boulevard to five lanes.
The surprise announcement at the Phoenix Planning Commission’s Sept. 1 monthly meeting means homeowners in Calabria, Promontory and Foothills Reserve can expect that portion of the boulevard will eventually be widened.
And it means that builders Blandford Homes, D.R. Horton and Reserve 100 LLC likely can stay on their timetable to start construction late this year or early next with an eye to hitting the market by 2024.
Developers already have the zoning in place to build 1,050 mostly single-story houses, 150 build-to-rent townhouses and 329 apartments on the 373-acre former State Trust Land parcel along Chandler Boulevard between 19th and 27th avenues.
