By Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News
Developers hoping to fast-track approval of a 417-unit apartment complex near I-10 were forced to return next month to the Ahwatukee Foothills Village Planning Committee for consideration of their rezoning proposal amid concerns about its impact on traffic and Phoenix Police.
During the panel’s monthly virtual meeting Dec. 19, VPC members Darin Fisher, Jerry Youhanaie and Chad Blostone persuaded their colleagues to delay until Jan. 23 formal consideration of the rezoning request by Everest Holdings and PB Bell for a 13.95-acre site between E. Thistle Landing Drive and Ray Road.
The zone change would allow them to replace the two-building Commerce Park office complex with four three-story and two four-story buildings housing mostly one-bedroom (201 units) and two-bedroom (183) “highly amentized” apartments.
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