A 63-acre industrial park is planned north of Germann Road and east of Ellsworth Road in Mesa.
The landscaping and look of the 907,138-square-foot Brickyards on Ellsworth development were discussed at the March 14 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board.
The vacant property is zoned light industrial with a planned area development overlay, Staff Planner Cassidy Welch said at the board meeting.
“So the site plan is for eight industrial buildings ranging from approximately 35,000 to 300,000 square feet. The site will be accessed primarily from Willis Road with a shared access from the commercial site off of Ellsworth and all of the truck docks are located in the rear of the buildings in an internal truck-dock court,” she said.
The landscape plan includes a variety of trees and shrubs including chitalpa, red push pistache, mesquite, elm, live oak and mulga, Welch said.
Dale Couture of Ware Malcomb is the applicant. NEC E&G LLC is the owner.
The master-planned business park will have employment, manufacturing and technology as the primary uses. Other employment uses will be secondary uses, Couture said in a written project narrative.
“The mix of building options and build-to-suit configurations are designed to make this site fit for the variety of employment uses that Mesa desires to locate and retain in the Gateway district,” it states. “(P)reliminary site plans designed like this submittal can attract major tenants/companies and make this site attractive in the competitive environment of Metro-Phoenix and broader Sun Corridor.”
The all-volunteer Mesa Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the zoning ordinance to include two architects; two from other design professions such as landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background; one contractor or developer; and two residents, according to the city’s website.
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Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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