By Parker Leavitt | The Arizona Republic
Surrounded by 35 acres of dirt, weeds and mud puddles from an early-morning rainstorm, a massive steel crane hoists building materials into place at the new Veterans Affairs clinic under construction near Val Vista Drive and Pecos Road in Gilbert.
From the clinic site in the center of the town’s developing central business district, a smattering of mid-rise buildings are visible — hotels, office towers and a hospital.
Someday, this area could be home to a modest Gilbert skyline.
As construction accelerates again in Gilbert, the town has more than 1,600 vacant acres designated as potential land for multilevel commercial development.
