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FROM THE EDITOR
City writing a ‘West Side Story’
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BUSINESS
West side of city
driving growth, development
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BY JAY TAYLOR
Where there is no water on the west side, the city
is working to provide it. Mayor Christian Price said a
pipeline planned to carry water from Global Water’s
Southwest Plant around the west side of the city and north
into an existing water line running along State Route 238
Bob McGovern
would encourage development in that area. The pipeline
project would allow development at the APEX Motor A surf park with a hotel and restaurants is envisioned for the vacant 70 acres south of State Route 238 and west of
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION Club to kick into high gear. North Loma Road.
activity in Maricopa.
Graders and bulldozers moving earth on vacant land.
Road crews improving and widening streets. Structures
sprouting from the ground like summer corn. “If you think
According to city leaders, new homes, apartments, about the
shopping centers and a business park are being developed
at record pace. Projects also include a community
347 as the
hospital, high-end supermarket, restaurants and a surf life corridor
park proposed for a site off State Route 238. (See list of for the city,
six key projects on page 10 and more on waterpark plans
on page 14.) The eastern and southern parts of the city —
which it still is
with so much farmland offering opportunity — are often right now but
seen as the major gateways to growth. And that may be won’t be in the
true in the coming years. But the future is now on the west
side of State Route 347 — for good reason:
future, I think
• It is closer to the current population center of the city. that’s more
• There are fewer flood plain issues that continue to what’s driving
plague development efforts in large parts of the city.
• Commuting time to the Valley is considerably less from
development
west-side neighborhoods like Cobblestone Farms and to the west.’’
Maricopa Meadows than from eastern communities RICK HORST
like Tortosa and Sorrento.
City Manager Rick Horst said his city management CITY MANAGER
experience tells him development to the west was
predictable.
“If you think about the 347 as the life corridor for the
city, which it still is right now but won’t be in the future, I
think that’s more what’s driving development to the west,” The APEX Motor Club
he said. “In time, there will be multiple work and job and completed its 2.27-mile
shopping centers in the city, so people won’t have to drive track more than two
to the corridor to get the services they need. But right now, years ago at its 280-acre
as people want to develop homes and anything else, they site on State Route 238.
Courtesy of APEX Motor Club
want to be close by the existing services, which means the A lack of water service
area west of 347 is seeing more short-term growth.” at the site has the club
For the most part, it has readily available water and pumping the brakes on
sewer service, and roads. its plans, but hope may
“Out to the east you have to build it; here it’s already be in sight for a restart.
built,” he said. “I think infill will always be what happens
first.”
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“Boy, I think that pipeline is critical,” Price said. “We According to city planners, the population of the Maricopa
have learned from our Native friends at Ak-Chin that Planning Area is expected to increase dramatically by
“We have
water is life. This is the critical element of all things related the end of the decade, reaching 105,000 residents by
to development and growth. You can’t build without 2030. City population models show that at buildout, the learned from
water. Not houses, not businesses, not recreation — it’s planning area will have more than 630,000 residents. That’s our Native
the critical component of growth. As that main line comes two-and-a-half times the population of Chandler in 2019. friends at
up from that plant, it will be a game-changer for our city.” That population explosion will be fueled, in part, by a
Ak-Chin
Much of the pipeline would be outside the city limits, number of west side housing projects under construction
but within the Maricopa Planning Area. or on the drawing board. that water
The timing, routing and scope of the project will be Construction started earlier this year on Bungalows on is life. This is
determined in the coming year if city council includes the Bowlin, 196 single-story rental units on 16 acres at Bowlin the critical
work in the FY2021-2022 spending plan. Horst said the Road and John Wayne Parkway. The $28 million project
element of
project is an ideal use for part of the city’s $12.44 million was one of the first multi-family communities planned in
share of federal stimulus funds. If greenlighted, the city Maricopa, addressing a need identified by both the city all things
would work with Global Water to plan, design and build and Scottsdale developer Cavan Companies. It will offer related to
the line. a place to live within commuting distance of the Valley development
Much of the development will present opportunities without the need to buy a home in an escalating market or
and growth.
to add or improve infrastructure, especially roads. For renting in the more expensive Valley suburbs.
example, the construction of homes at Hogenes Dairy will Multiple other projects are planned. You can’t
help fund the proposed expansion of Green Road — with The 2,000-or-so homes planned for the Hogenes Farms build without
an overpass over the railroad tracks — to move traffic off subdivision on dairy land west of Maricopa Meadows water. Not
John Wayne Parkway and onto a “ring road” encircling is the biggest housing project planned west of SR 347,
houses, not
the city. though a timetable for development has not been given by
Infrastructure projects like that would serve to the developer, Matrix Equities of Scottsdale. businesses, not
encourage even more development, according to Horst. Nearly 500 acres at a former dairy, Anglin, is targeted recreation —
From homes to stores to government, the action covers for a mixed-use development that could include single- it’s the critical
a lot of ground. family and multi-family homes as well as commercial and
component of
retail space. The site sits on SR 238, just east of Ak-Chin
growth.”
Bob McGovern
RESIDENTIAL Southern Dunes Golf Club, about 1.5 miles east of SR 347.
Residential projects already on the city’s docket will It is not yet known how many homes would be built. CHRISTIAN PRICE
add about 20,000 residents over the next several years. The Texas-based Forestar Group, a majority-owned MAYOR As many as 2,000 homes are proposed for Hogenes Dairy land. The residential development would be known as Hogenes Farms.
Construction at the Estrella Gin Business A HOSPITAL, FINALLY The new community hospital is rising
6 KEY PROJECTS Park is expected to begin this month. Residents have clamored for a quickly south of the overpass.
real hospital for many years.
Later this year, the city’s decade-long
BY JAY TAYLOR
small and micro businesses that have efforts to attract one will finally pay off Hogenes Farms, will have an initial
to come out of their garages,” he said. with the scheduled opening of Exceptional phase of 812 single-family homes with
“Rather than pay for some super-expensive Healthcare’s community hospital. future phases increasing the total to
THERE IS A LONG LIST OF ACTIVE AND site on (State Route) 347, they can have a With the facility rising quickly at the as many as 2,000. The development
planned residential and commercial more affordable location where they can southwest end of the SR 347 overpass, the could ultimately add more than 5,000
projects on Maricopa’s west side. Here Construction should begin this take their business to the next level.” Texas-based company expects to complete residents on the west side of town.
are six that look to change life in the month on 32 acres at West Edison and The initial 6,000-square-foot office the long-awaited, $20 million facility No start date has been provided
growing city — as soon as year’s end. North Loma roads, according to Shane building has been fully leased by the City by year’s end. It will include a 24-hour Air ambulances will be able to land on by Matrix Equities of Scottsdale,
Cook, the commercial leasing agent of Maricopa for the Maricopa Economic emergency department, eliminating the site to speed transfer of patients needing a which also developed the 1,600-
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS for MHG Group. Zoned light industrial Development Agency, the Maricopa need for trauma patients to be transported higher level of care to regional hospitals. plus homes in Maricopa Meadows
The Estrella Gin Business Park, Maricopa’s with flexibility for a variety of uses Chamber of Commerce and for city to ERs in Chandler or Casa Grande. The hospital expects to employ just east of the dairy farm.
first foray into a true business park, — retail, office, manufacturing, light meetings and activities that cannot be When it opens, the single-story building 60-100 people. Price said the project, while
has one very important role — make industrial or warehouse — the park is accommodated elsewhere. MEDA should will have 10 private rooms, 10 emergency stirring some debate about growth,
it easier for people to do business. expected to create 700 new jobs with an be in its space later this year with the rest department rooms, a medical lab and a 2,000 HOMES ON THE FARM will provide solutions to some
Not only will local businesses have a annual payroll of nearly $42 million. of the 300,000-square-foot park on track digital imaging suite offering CT scans, The development of Hogenes Dairy vexing infrastructure problems.
way to get into professional office space, The smaller, flexible, commercial spaces for an early 2022 opening, Cook said. X-rays, mobile MRIs and ultrasound. is the largest residential housing “We all agree there are traffic challenges
a difficult proposition in a city where it are exactly what local businesspeople He added he is already getting inquiries Outpatient and inpatient hospital beds project planned west of SR 347. in the city,” Price said. “This development
Ian Roberds
is rarely available, but Valley entities will need, according to Mayor Christian Price. from small businesses in the Valley that see will accommodate acute admissions The former Maricopa Meadows will force the construction of the overpass
find it easier to set up an outpost in town. “Some of the tenants are going to be Maricopa as a potential expansion market. and overnight observation of patients. 2 project, newly rechristened as on Green Road over the railroad tracks,
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subsidiary of D.R. Horton, acquired the property in influx. Horst believes rooftops drive retail and with more
December 2020 for $15.5 million, and RVi Planning of than 24,000 single-family homes, the city has reached
Tempe is the developer. the point population numbers will begin to attract major
According to Rodolfo Lopez, the city’s deputy director retailers and other new businesses.
of economic and community development, no formal The activity provides a glimpse of how the city is
application to develop the parcel has been submitted looking to grow, with important projects that include
since the city granted approval of the major general plan Sonoran Creek Marketplace and its anchor Sprouts, which
amendment. The city will provide infrastructure including is anticipating a fall opening.
perimeter and interior roads, drainage, water and sewer. Also coming is the Estrella Gin Business Park at North
Two smaller residential projects on the west side have Loma and Edison roads, which will give local businesses
been approved by the city. the opportunity to set up shop away from their homes or
More than 200 single-family homes are planned in the garages. Leasing is anticipated to begin next year.With its
new McDavid Estates community just north of Maricopa flexible zoning, it will be able to accommodate several uses.
High School. There is no current timetable for construction.
The triangular, 64-acre parcel is bordered by the GOVERNMENT
Union Pacific Railroad tracks running from northwest The Pinal County Complex, which opened in May at 19955
to southeast along the property’s northern border. The Wilson Ave., provides county services to city residents
developer, Maricopa 64 Partners LLC, will install a buffer without the need to travel to Florence. Two buildings house
area to decrease noise from frequent trains. of 11 units per acre, will include both two-bedroom, stand- The new Pinal County assessor, recorder and other offices, as well as Pinal County
The small, mixed-use parcel may include single- alone units and one-bedroom duplexes. Amenities include Complex enables city Justice Court, Clerk of the Superior Court, Adult and an “adventure corridor,” which includes the Ak-Chin Sports cars line up
family and multi-family housing with the potential for a swimming pool and social pavilion. residents to conduct Juvenile Probation services and a sheriff substation.Next Southern Dunes Golf Club and Estrella Sailport. at the APEX track for
townhomes, cluster housing and live-work type units or Phase 2, known as Fuze 520, would feature three-story county business door, the city will build a 20,000-square-foot headquarters APEX, of course, will also attract high-end visitors from an event.
office/neighborhood commercial uses. apartment buildings on 14 acres. The total number of units without traveling to for the Maricopa Police Department. Construction is the Valley to its members-only condos and racetrack.
In March, city council approved a zoning change for is undetermined, but zoning calls for high-density usage. Florence. Two buildings expected to begin in early spring 2022 with a target opening “Imagine buying a new Lexus sports car, and opening
West Maricopa Village. The buildings will have a maximum height of 42 feet. The house county offices date of mid-2023.The two-story building will be built with the glove compartment and finding a letter saying
Three separate uses are planned for the 35-acre parcel commercial phase would follow on the 1.5 acres at the and the Pinal County future expansion in mind, much like the city’s new library, ‘Congratulations on your purchase — you can go APEX
Courtesy of APEX Motor Club
on the east side of North Loma Road at SR 238 — single- corner of Loma and SR 238. Justice Court. with plumbing and electrical services prepared for eventual Motor Club in Maricopa for a three-day, high-performance
family homes for rent, apartments and a gas station, retail enlargement. driving class to learn how to get the most out of your new
or office space. The project will be developed in phases, COMMERCIAL vehicle,’” said Price, highlighting a partnership between
Bob McGovern
with construction starting first on the rental community. Given the massive growth expected in Maricopa over the ADVENTURE CORRIDOR APEX and Lexus.
Innovation Villas will comprise 182 single-family homes coming decades, the city is laying the groundwork for a The proposed water and surf park would burnish the city’s “That gets people coming down here, and once they’re
on 16-plus acres. The homes, which will feature a density well-planned city designed to accommodate a population efforts to develop on the west side of John Wayne Parkway here, we feel like they’ll like what they see.”
Construction of the Sprouts Farmers Market
which will be an anchor of traffic solutions continues at Sonoran Creek Marketplace. It is STALLED ON THE TRACK When completed, the members-only access to Pinal County services with
for the future that are not on 347. It will expected to open in the fall. APEX Motor Club completed its 2.27-mile facility will feature 4.2 miles of track with the recent opening of an $11 million
add tax dollars from the new homes that track more than two years ago at the a 3,400-foot straightaway. The club offers auxiliary office complex. Two buildings
are built and force new traffic relievers to 280-acre site on SR 238, six miles west of private garages and 1,250-square-foot with a total of about 42,000 square feet
come into play, and that’s a big deal.” 282 new jobs with $10.4 million in town. But aside from the track and a car- “car condos” with mezzanines. Still in are now open at 19955 N. Wilson Ave.
Matrix will provide the right-of-way annual wages and an economic storage building about to be completed, Phase 1 of development, the club has sold County business that may have
dedication and construction of Green impact of more than $25.6 million. the project has pretty much hit the all 48 car condos. There will be nearly required a 43-mile drive to the county
Road, preliminary design of an overpass Other stores signed up for Sonoran brakes. But there is hope for a restart. 180 garages total when fully built out. seat in Florence can now be conducted
across the tracks at Green Road and Creek include MOD Pizza, Jimmy John’s, “We’ve been subsisting for the last Membership levels range from a $50,000 at Building 100, which houses offices
limit the number of homes that can be State Farm, Filiberto’s Mexican Food two years with the promise of water,” initiation fee and $5,000 annual dues to for the assessor, treasurer, recorder,
built until the overpass is completed, corner of Edison Avenue and John Wayne and Neon Barre Fitness Studio. said Jason Plotke, general partner of $175,000 initiation and $22,500 annually. development services and office space
according to City Manager Rick Horst. Parkway. The store will anchor 82,000 Up to four more tenants will be added the private club. “Nothing is going to APEX has sold more than 200 memberships for county Supervisor Jeff McClure, who
square feet of retail space on 19 acres. at the shopping center, according to happen on our end until we have water.” and will cap membership at 425, Plotke said. represents Maricopa and District 4.
SPROUTS IS SPROUTING Shoppers might be feeling fresh Call, who said research indicates the Plotke’s concern underscores an issue Price sees the facility as a huge driver Building 200 is home to the Pinal
Sonoran Creek Marketplace may produce in their hands at Sprouts this project will play a significant role in the that accompanies every project west of for tourism. County Justice Court, Clerk of the Superior
be the city’s most anticipated fall as construction could be done by the city’s economic development efforts. SR 347 — where is the water going to come “I think APEX, once the water pipeline Court, Adult and Juvenile Probation
commercial development for one end of September, according to Andrew “It will spur new services and from to support development? APEX is is done, will be a whole new ball game,” he services, and a Pinal County Sheriff’s
reason — Sprouts Farmers Market. Call, vice president of development restaurants that are desperately hoping the answer is a newly approved said. “It will be something we’ve never seen Office substation with holding cells.
The popular, high-end grocery is one management for the Southwest region needed, as well as more new retailers,” pipeline that would carry water from before as part of the adventure corridor.” The Maricopa Police Department will
Bob McGovern
of nearly a dozen businesses coming of developer Thompson Thrift. he said. “It will definitely spur some Global Water’s Southwest Plant at Rancho eventually move to the west side when a
to the shopping plaza, which will begin Horst said the development will additional development in the city, and Mirage west and then north, perhaps COUNTY SERVICES, CLOSE TO HOME new headquarters is built down the street
to open later this year at the southwest help drive the local economy, creating especially in and around that area.” up Ralston Road and across SR 238. Maricopans have more convenient from the county complex in 2023.
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BUSINESS
A truck passes the site of
the proposed surf park to be
developed by PHX Surf LLC
in the “adventure corridor”
along State Route 238.
Surf park plan
Mayor Christian Price said the proposed park could usher in a new
era of business development within the city’s “adventure corridor”
concept, a strategy to drive tourism and visitation through outdoor
includes hotel,
activities in the area. Currently the corridor includes APEX Motor
Club, Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, Estrella Sailport, which
offers glider rides and pilot instruction, and Airparamo, a powered
tiny-house village
paraglider facility.
“There are so many things that are exciting in that area, and it’s a
real draw,” Price said. “It’s really Maricopa’s first dabble into the tourism
industry. We don’t have a Grand Canyon; we don’t have a snow-capped
BY JAY TAYLOR mountain that people come to, so we have to get creative.”
In its application narrative, PHX Surf said “the PHX Surf Park will
be a premier destination not only in Pinal County, but across the state of
MARICOPANS LOOKING TO HAVE A BIT OF AQUATIC FUN MAY SOON Arizona and beyond. The park will create a unique attraction that offers
be able to avoid a drive to a Valley waterpark or lake and head instead to a advanced active entertainment, progressive surfing experiences, water
surf park proposed at State Route 238 and North Loma Road. play, related retail and dining, concert and open space, and hospitality
In pre-application paperwork filed with the city, Mesa-based PHX — all immersed with ‘ocean views,’ and the sound of crashing waves
Surf LLC outlines the scale of the proposed facility, known as PHX Surf breaking in the desert sun.”
Park, which will cover about 70 acres. The city is selling parcels of land to The pre-application for project suggests the fun won’t stop when
three developers, each of whom will own about 20 acres. The remaining the sun goes down. In its narrative, PHX Surf calls for night surfing
12 acres will be leased by the city to PHX Surf. under lights as well as the presence of restaurants, bars, live music and
A preliminary rendering and other documents envision two wave/ entertainment.
surf pools totaling 7 acres, multiple water slides, a lazy river, swimming Councilmember Henry Wade said the benefits of a tourist attraction
pools and a splash pad. A series of shade trellises equipped with misting like the surf park are multi-faceted.
systems would help keep guests cool during the summer heat. “We will always need something that is going to be a draw, and
Other potential amenities include a hotel, retail stores, restaurants, that (park) would be a very significant draw,” Wade said. “We have the
swim-up bar, live-performance area with shaded stage and lawn resources to draw those folks in to get additional housing starts and
seating, spa, sand volleyball courts and a bike pump track, a looped some additional economic development, and ultimately more jobs.”
sequence of swooping, banked turns that enables cyclists to ride with Both the city and the developers can cancel the land purchase
minimal pedaling. contracts if either party does not want to move forward during a four-
One of the most interesting amenities mentioned is a tiny-house month due diligence period, according to City Manager Rick Horst.
village with its own clubhouse. The rendering shows 22 units that would “Do I think that will happen?” asked Horst. “No. Each day they are
allow visitors to stay on site. There is also an RV park. spending more time and money, the less likely it would be that they
PHX Surf said the project will be developed in phases. The list of would back out.”
Kevin Vasquez
amenities could change and a timeline for the project was not available. Price, however, is clearly seeing the park as an important cog in the
PHX Surf representatives did not respond to requests for comment about economic engine driving future growth in Maricopa.
the project. “It’s a catalyst to great things.”
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other agreements, established a system for sharing water surpluses and
solutions in Pinal County.
shortages on the Colorado River. Additionally, states are working through a
process called re-consultation, and by 2026 plan to further align demand for
Colorado River water with the effects of climate change.
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Otter Creek LLC will spend $90,000 to remodel J. WARREN FUNERAL SERVICES
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John Wayne Pkwy., including new equipment, O ONE IS EVER READY FOR When her father passed away in 1995,
millwork, finishes, mechanical, electrical and the death of a loved one, but for however, she began to see things in a new light.
plumbing. The company also will remodel the Patty Higham, losing her mother Bracing for another logistical ordeal, Patty
sales floor and remove a condenser from the unexpectedly when she was 9 years and her two older brothers met with the funeral
roof. The work will be done by T Built LLC. old was especially devastating. Caught home director, who explained their father had
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Ave. will build a detached structure with work pain was compounded by a messy funeral “My brothers and I didn’t know he had can be a positive thing when the burden is
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is valued at $113,628. Instead comforting his three young and said, ‘But what about all the other things “Funerals allow you to be around those
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demolition of site elements, concrete paving, sewer, landscape and streetlights for the City The City of Maricopa will add high-speed “When my mother passed away there was discussing funeral details and making tough preplanned and not being preplanned, and we
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