(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Chicanos Por La Causa.)
By Scott Shumaker | East Valley Tribune
A plan by nonprofit Chicanos Por La Causa to transform a downtown Mesa corner – and remove a grim reminder of an eminent domain debacle – is back on track after a three-year delay.
Mesa City Council on March 20 approved a five-story mixed-use development for the northwest corner of Country Club Drive and Main Street, updating a 2019 agreement with CPLC to build 198 apartments above 20,000 square feet of retail space.
The 2.5-acre site includes the vacant Bailey’s Brakes shop, which was the focus of a lengthy court battle that won the attention of “60 Minutes” in an investigation of local governments’ abuse of eminent domain proceedings.
Council members are excited about the project because it promises to deliver market-rate housing and retail to downtown and eliminate blight on what they called the “Western gateway” to the city’s core.
