By Mark Moran | Queen Creek Tribune
The Queen Creek Planning and Zoning Commission is considering a rezone of 9.6 acres on the southwest corner of Germann and Meridian roads an employment to a commercial classification.
“The intent is to develop the property as a mix of commercial uses,” said a report submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission by Iplan Consulting on behalf of Barney Farms, which owns the land. The report was presented by Iplan’s Greg Davis.
The 9.6 acres connects to what is slated to become the Germann Commerce Center on 67 acres, which Barney Farms sold to Thompson Thrift Commercial for $30-million last month.
The Commerce Center backs up to a large residential area owned by Fulton Homes just to the north and sits next to more vacant land destined for development.
Iplan said the rezoning will not create a shortage of available land for potential employers, considering the town’s recent annexation of 4,100 acres of State Trust Land.
The town is currently marketing that land in the northeast corner in the hope of creating what it calls an advanced manufacturing corridor.
