Infill housing plans look to overcome skeptical neighbors
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Brighton Companies LLC is proposing an infill housing development with duplexes on a 4.51-acre site on Guadalupe Road near the Loop 202 freeway. The Mesa City Council will consider a rezoning request from Brighton to allow for the multiple residences on the site. The property is currently […]
Read More →Mesa considers infill housing plans
Mesa City Hall / Wikicommons By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Mesa City Council is considering rezoning a vacant 3.8-acre parcel near the Loop 202 and Southern Avenue for an infill housing development. The development group called Hampton East II LLC wants the property rezoned from single-family residential to allow for multiple […]
Read More →Disabled Mesa veteran will keep his mobile home after all
By Rebekah L. Sanders | Arizona Republic Jim Boerner’s worry that he might become homeless at any moment is over. Finally. The Mesa disabled veteran had been in danger of being evicted for months because of a series of blunders by Maricopa County officials. His mobile home was mistakenly sold at auction over property taxes that he had already […]
Read More →Mesa needs new housing to keep up with growth, affordability concerns
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The city of Mesa expects to need more than 26,800 new housing units by 2030 as it continues to see population growth and deals with the need for affordable and workforce housing. Mesa expects to have more than 566,600 residents by 2030 up its current population of […]
Read More →ASU in downtown Mesa: A sneak preview
By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune A 30×50-foot Jumbotron facing toward a pedestrian-friendly plaza and Main Street. Three complete movie production studios large enough to fit a car. An “enhanced immersion studio’’ allowing visitors to interact with 3D artwork. With such a unique list of features and components, it’s not hard to understand the ASU@ […]
Read More →Saying goodnight to Fiesta Mall
By Alison Steinbach | Arizona Republic The last remaining holdout at Mesa’s once-bustling Fiesta Mall, Dillard’s Clearance Center, is closing its doors in the coming months and loyal shoppers are devastated. The store offers designer clothes and home goods at deep discounts. As store after store shuttered at Fiesta Mall, Dillard’s remained popular with shoppers. […]
Read More →Mesa’s Pioneer Park named one of Great Places in America
AZBigMedia AZBigMedia The American Planning Association (APA) has named Pioneer Park in Mesa, Arizona, one of six Great Public Spaces on APA’s annual Great Places in America list, which starts the countdown to National Community Planning Month in October. “The Pioneer Park project was about highlighting and reinvigorating what was special about this amazing public space; not applying something foreign. Even the new amenities […]
Read More →Mesa looks to brand its ‘Asian District’
City of Mesa By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Mesa is looking to brand its growing concentration of Asian-owned businesses in the western part of the East Valley city. Mesa is launching a new effort to brand the western part of the city where there is a cluster of Asian businesses anchored by […]
Read More →Mesa wants to take land through eminent domain. Owner says he’s being shorted
By Alison Steinbach | Arizona Republic The Mesa City Council approved Monday for the city to acquire eight acres of land, likely through eminent domain, to construct a new public safety facility for police and fire departments. Eminent domain is a government’s right to seize private property for public use if necessary, while paying the […]
Read More →Mesa planners looks at ASU campus plans
Mesa City Hall / Wikicommons By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Mesa Planning Commission will look at design and site plans tomorrow for Arizona State University’s planned downtown campus. The Planning Commission will examine plans for a new plaza and office building to house ASU’s Creative Futures Lab near Main and Center […]
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