Via City of Tempe
By KTAR
PHOENIX – City leaders in Tempe are taking the old and plan to make new affordable housing opportunities along a corridor near Arizona State University.
The East Valley suburb recently issued a request for proposal to find a development partner on a mixed-income housing project along Apache Boulevard between Rural Road and slightly east of Loop 101 Price Freeway, Mayor Corey Woods told KTAR News 92.3 FM.
Future redevelopment could involve repurposing other city-owned sites.
“This is why the city actually got into this place of owning this parcel and acquiring other parcels as they became available. We have the ability to control that piece of land and get the kind of housing that our residents actually need,” Woods said.
The Apache Central Center proposal for the site includes 400 residential units and a grocery store, which would replace a Food City that closed in September 2021.
The city paid about $10.7 million for the nearly 8-acre property in December 2021 with affordable housing development in mind.
