Apartments planned near Power, Guadalupe roads in Mesa
City of Mesa
The Park North project is to have a large, centralized open space and resort-like amenity area that includes a community pool, clubhouse, fitness center, leasing office and an outdoor play area, as well as two dog parks and a dog-washing station.
Four three-story apartment buildings with 120 units are to be constructed approximately 270 feet east of the northeast corner of Power Road and Guadalupe Road.
The landscaping and design for the facility were discussed during the Feb. 11 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board. Chair Dane Astle and Board member Paul Johnson were absent.
The development is to have a 4,053-square-foot clubhouse/leasing office. It is to have 252 parking spaces.
“So the site plan shows the construction of two three-story apartment buildings — those are the end... (T)he far one on the east, the far one on the west have 36 units. And then the three-story apartment buildings in the center, they have 24 units each,” Staff Planner Charlotte Bridges said at the meeting.
Chris Webb of Rose Law Group is the applicant. Excolo Development is the owner.
The Park North project is to have a large, centralized open space and resort-like amenity area that includes a community pool, clubhouse, fitness center, leasing office and an outdoor play area, as well as two separate dog parks and a dog-washing station, according to a written project narrative.
“The proposed Park North project will replace a long vacant, non-viable commercially zoned site with a new residential development that provides diverse housing options for the area and will bring in new residents to support the city’s oversupplied existing commercial/retail uses,” it states.
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.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on X @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
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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