The Planning & Zoning Commission approved a zoning change Monday for the Murphy and Farrell project that will bring more than 1,600 homes to 326 acres in the southeastern part of the city. The project also calls for a mixed use component in the future. [City of Maricopa]
By Jay Taylor | InMaricopa
It will be a short commute to high school for hundreds of future Maricopa students when the city’s latest subdivision, unanimously approved Monday evening, becomes reality.
The 326-acre project, tentatively known as Murphy and Farrell, will lie just east of the city’s new Desert Sunrise High School. And it will provide plenty of its students, as the community will have 1,642 homes at full buildout, meaning the community will have more than 5,400 residents.
The commission approved a zoning change for the project, being developed by homebuilder DR Horton, from the existing general rural to planned area development. The land is at the southeastern corner of North Murphy and West Farrell roads. The project will now move forward for City Council approval, likely within the next month.
Initial plans for the property show 111 acres on two parcels slated for immediate development with 479 homes that will bring nearly 1,600 residents. The remaining 215 acres will be developed at a time to be determined. A 22-acre section at the southwestern corner of the site (the northwestern corner of Murphy and Steen Roads) is tabbed for future neighborhood commercial development.
