Greer Ranch vacant lot to become rental housing
Surprise city council approves zone change from commercial By Jason Stone | Daily Independent A vacant lot at Cactus and Reems roads is finally getting development — but it’s not what was originally intended for it. The City Council voted Jan. 7 to rezone about 15 acres of commercial land in the southwest corner of the […]
Read More →Western desert in Surprise getting attention
A Mesquite Mountain Ranch home would have a view of the mountain. / Daily Independent By Jason Stone | Daily Independent With Surprise’s City Center and northern areas becoming filled in with more residential and commercial development, the city’s far western desert, north of the White Tank Mountains, is also getting some loving. The City Council […]
Read More →Surprise banks on private partnerships
The Valley Vista Performing Arts Center on the campus of Valley Vista High School is one facility used by both the Dysart Unified School District and the City of Surprise. / Jason Stone / Independent Newsmedia By Jason Stone | Surprise Independent Surprise Economic Development Director Jeanine Jerkovic can envision Surprise on a growth path much […]
Read More →Transit tax already on table
The 2004 passage of Proposition 400 help fund improvements to Loop 303, which for decades was just a two-lane highway. / Daily Independent Voters may be asked to re-up Prop. 400 in 3 years By Jason Stone | Daily Independent Surprise’s fast growth over the last two decades has sometimes been too fast. That’s been certainly […]
Read More →Ottawa University completes $21M, 96,000 SF athletic complex
AZBigMedia AZBigMedia Through a collaboration between Cawley Architects, the City of Surprise and the school, Ottawa University unveiled its $21 million, 96,321 SF athletic facility. Cawley Architects is the design firm behind the Ottawa University Athletic Facility for Indoor and Outdoor Athletics. The facility at 14470 W. Tierra Buena Lane, Surprise, comprises the 44,317 SF O’Dell Center, the 41,027 […]
Read More →Major changes proposed for Surprise’s first neighborhood
File photo By Jen Fifield | Arizona Republic This isn’t the first time bulldozers and new buildings have come to Surprise’s original neighborhood. The city has approached this community, known as the Original Town Site, time and time again in the past couple of decades with plans in hand. This neighborhood, near where Grand Avenue […]
Read More →New townhome complex proposed for Surprise
Credit: City of Surprise. / AZBEX By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The City of Surprise Planning and Zoning Commission recently reviewed a site plan for a new townhome development just north of the NWC of Cactus Road and Cotton Lane at its November 7th meeting. Applicant, Bowman Consulting, LTD, on behalf of owner, NWC Cotton Lane and Cactus, LLC, […]
Read More →Builders bring more plans for new homes, townhouses to Surprise
(Correction made, correcting an error regarding the name of the application: PL Stonefield, LLC, an arm of Scottsdale-based Criterion Land Management) By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Surprise Planning and Zoning Commission will consider plans for more planned new homes at its meeting today. The Commission will look at plans and preliminary […]
Read More →Surprise’s new downtown gets its first residents
Surprise City Hall By Jen Fifield | Arizona Republic The first full-time residents will soon move into the square mile that Surprise has been hoping for years will become a bustling downtown district. The Surprise City Council on Tuesday approved a plan for about 200 apartments called Mera City Center on the north side of Greenway Road, east of Bullard Avenue. […]
Read More →Surprise to vote on 55-plus apartments
Surprise City Hall By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Surprise City Council is scheduled to vote tomorrow on plans for a new age-restricted apartment complex at Greenway Road and Civic Center Drive. Carefree Investments Partners is proposing the Mera at City Center Apartments. The complex will be for tenants 55 and older. […]
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