(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Excolo Development.)
By Roland Murphy | AZBEX
Excolo Development has proposed a new 120-unit multifamily community on 5.05 acres at the NEC of Guadalupe and Power roads in Mesa.
According to the submitted project narrative, “The proposed Park North project will replace a long vacant, non-viable commercially zoned site with a new residential development that provides diverse housing options for the area and will bring in new residents to support the City’s oversupplied existing commercial/retail uses. Park North will also result in the addition of lower traffic volumes to the adjacent streets (Power Road and Guadalupe Road) than the uses currently approved for the Site or otherwise permitted pursuant to the Site’s existing zoning (48% – 71% less traffic depending on the time of day), thereby responding to the primary concern expressed by neighbors in the nearby Superstition Springs residential community during the citizen participation process.”
The plan will require a Council use permit, rezoning to modify the planned area development currently in place and a major site plan modification to revise a plan previously approved in 2010.
The site has sat undeveloped for several years, according to the narrative, and is surrounded by a mix of commercial, single-family and multifamily uses. The Maricopa County Flood Control District canal borders the property on the south side.
