By Elias Weiss | inMaricopa
PHX Surf now says its long-awaited surf resort on Maricopa’s west side is on track to break ground in March, according to new design details released today from AO, the project’s architecture firm.
The updated 40-acre plan confirms the latest iteration of a project that has steadily shifted since it first entered the public conversation in 2021. What began as a $100 million waterpark filled with waterslides and a lazy river has evolved into a wellness-focused retreat built around a 137,000-square-foot surf lagoon and a resort environment developers describe as “barefoot luxury.”
AO, the Orange, Calif.-based firm behind DSRT Surf in Palm Desert and other surf-focused destinations, announced Tuesday it will serve as architect of record, design architect and landscape architect for the Maricopa project. Its role includes the lagoon’s infrastructure and the design of the broader resort, hotel district, restaurant and retail spaces, and landscape environment.
