Home Sales Models open in master-planned 1,200 single-family development near Sonoran Preserve Model homes are opening and home sales are beginning this month in Taylor Morrison’s single-family master-planned community nestled among the backdrop of the Sonoran Preserve. The Verdin community is offering five different series of homes with floorplans rangingContinue Reading
Plus, other nearby spots to try the fast-growing sport. Anthem Community Center’s four new additional pickleball courts are on track to be finished by the end of this month. The pickleball court expansion project was approved during the ACC’s facilities master plan in 2023, and groundbreaking took place in May. Continue Reading
Plus, Shake Shack, CAVA and Others Commit to Norterra With the arrival of Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream Dove Valley and other businesses later this month in Pointe17, the commercial plaza at the southwest corner of 29th Avenue and Dove Valley Road, comes the announcement that six new eateries, including aContinue Reading
A new commercial retail plaza is proposed on nearly 18 acres at the southwest corner of east Carefree Highway and North 12th Street in unincorporated Maricopa County. Preliminary plans have been submitted to the county, but the project requires a rezoning from RU-43 (rural, one dwelling per acre) to C-2 (commercialContinue Reading
Neighborhood Meeting Planned to Solicit Feedback In order to see significant road connections completed in the area, such as the highly anticipated connection of North Valley Parkway to Carefree Highway to alleviate traffic along 27th Drive—it’s going to require a $40-million bridge and a large-scale developer to fund a projectContinue Reading
Homebuilder Toll Brothers has put plans in motion toward developing a once-planned residential community on roughly 74 acres near the northwest corner of 7th Avenue and Desert Hills Drive. Roughly 16 years ago, Desert Hills Equestrian Estates was proposed as a gated community with amenities for horse owners. Plans includedContinue Reading
Inching the process of acquiring a parcel of state trust land closer to auction, large-scale retail developer Phoenix-based Vestar, has submitted a preliminary application and conceptual site plans to the City of Phoenix proposing a zoning change to allow for the construction of a commercial retail center with two largeContinue Reading
As commercial and multifamily development ramps up in the North Gateway Village Core, the 500 acres along the east side of Interstate 17 between Sonoran Desert Drive and Dove Valley Road, construction on the half-built sports arena and hotel remains at a standstill. Valley Vibe has been exclusively covering theContinue Reading
Pulte Homes’ detailed vision for a master-planned development which could mimic the size of Anthem at full buildout on 6,355 acres of state trust land near TSMC was unveiled during an informal neighborhood meeting last month. This new development, called NorthPark, is poised to greatly impact the landscape of theContinue Reading
Highly anticipated traffic signal at 27th Drive & Westland Road in the plan Photo By Mark Fountain The design process for the bridge across the Sonoran Wash on North Valley Parkway will begin in a couple months. The process is estimated to take up to 18 months according to cityContinue Reading
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