Buying a home in Maricopa? Better move fast
InMaricopa By Brian Petersheim | InMaricopa The Maricopa real estate market continues to strengthen despite the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. The tightening of the housing market is great for sellers but poses many challenges for buyers and investors. The number of available homes for sale is down more than 60% from a year ago. […]
Read More →Sonoran Creek Marketplace delayed but moving forward in Maricopa
A stretch of land between and west of Culver’s and Dutch Bros. is under development. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson/inMaricopa By Raquel Hendrickson | inMaricopa While much commercial construction has continued throughout Maricopa this spring, Sonoran Creek Marketplace remains an empty field. The planned shopping plaza, anchored by a “specialty grocer” and a “major retailer,” is […]
Read More →Maricopa announces ‘limited openings’ after pressure from council member
InMaricopa By Katie Sawyer | Pinal Central MARICOPA — The city of Maricopa announced Thursday evening that it will reopen several public amenities in the coming days. The reopening includes playgrounds and skate parks, the dog park, ramadas and shaded areas, and all athletic fields and courts except for baseball and softball courts at Copper […]
Read More →6 candidates to be on Maricopa City Council ballot; Price unopposed
InMaricopa By Katie Sawyer | Maricopa Monitor MARICOPA — Monday marked the end of the filing period for Maricopa City Council and mayor positions. The candidates who secured the required signatures and turned in their paperwork are now officially on the ballot for Aug. 4 primary. The candidates for Maricopa City Council include two current […]
Read More →Maricopa Mayor Christian Price talks about growing pains
By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Maricopa Monitor CASA GRANDE — The city of Maricopa is booming and Mayor Christian Price is looking for ways to keep that growth going while meeting the infrastructure needs of the community. Price is currently running unopposed for another term in office. In the past few years, the city has been […]
Read More →Apartments, senior housing in Copper Sky plans
By Raquel Hendrickson | InMaricopa The construction of senior housing, a first for Maricopa, comes before the city council next week in the form of development agreements for Copper Sky. A housing complex of 146 units for senior citizens is planned at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Greythorn Drive in the park’s […]
Read More →Frank sees roads, water, workforce driving supervisor’s race
Dan Frank is one of two Maricopans running for the Pinal County Board of Supervisors. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson / InMaricopa By Raquel Hendrickson | InMaricopa Maricopa Flood Control District Board President Dan Frank already sees some of the big issues shaping up in the campaign for Pinal County Board of Supervisors. As a civil engineer, he […]
Read More →Horst: 2020 will bring new developments, construction to Maricopa
City Manager Rick Horst By Katie Sawyer | Maricopa Monitor As a decade comes to a close, another is just beginning. Maricopa began the last decade with a population around 35,000 and is entering 2020 with an additional 19,000 Maricopans, a total of 54,700. This is unusual growth, especially for a city with just 16 […]
Read More →Maricopa real estate market ‘competitive’
Homestead home construction / InMaricopa By Brian Petersheim | InMaricopa In 2019, the city of Maricopa real estate market finally came to a stable point. For the past 10 years we have been seeing nearly double-digit growth year after year with an average increase of 9.2% per year. Historically, a “normal” real estate market, with […]
Read More →Maricopa’s 15 biggest stories of 2019
Mayor Christian Price, left, and former Mayor Kelly Anderson ceremoniously unveil the new State Route 347 overpass during the ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday. / Howard Waggner/PinalCentral/ Overpass opens at last The crowd cheered as a train with its horn blaring went under the new State Route 347 overpass, a 16-year project that has finally […]
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