An industrial development — the 1.2 million-square-foot Building C at Cubes @ Mesa Gateway — is to be constructed south of Pecos Road on the east side of the Crismon Road alignment.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board recently voted unanimously in a consent agenda with other items to approve a site plan review and special-use permit with a parking reduction for the 85.8-acre development. Board members Shelly Allen, Jeffrey Crockett and Troy Peterson voted by Zoom.
The site plan is for a more than 1 million-square-foot building that will be 47 feet tall, Planner Cassidy Welch said during a study session prior to the board’s Jan. 26 meeting.
“The site will be accessed from Crismon Road with parking spaces located in front of the building and then the loading docks and trailer parking located behind the building and to the sides of the building,” she said. “The [design review board] was very supportive of the design and just had minor changes to the building design.”
Allen asked what type of parking reduction was being sought.
“The applicant is requesting a revised parking ratio or parking reduction. This is a warehousing and storage building so with a million square foot that would require a parking ratio at 1:900 square feet and would require ... in the thousands level of parking,” she said. “They’re anticipating only approximately 100 employees on-site; most of the building will be used for loading and storage.”
The Mesa zoning ordinance requires 1,354 on-site parking spaces; with the reduction requested, 304 parking spaces will be provided, according to a written staff report.
George Pasquel of Withey Morris PLC is the applicant. Williams Gateway Land Inv. LP is the owner.
CRG, a national developer of industrial projects, is the owner and developer of an overall 264-acre planned multibuilding industrial development known as the Cubes @ Mesa Gateway, according to a project narrative.
“This application and associated documents represent the commencement of this exciting project with a roughly 1.2 [million] square feet building, known as ‘Building C’ and associated site improvements,” it states.
The seven-member Mesa Planning and Zoning Board conducts hearings and makes recommendations to council on requests for changes in zoning and on required site plans. It also considers and recommends changes in the city’s long-range plans and in the municipal code concerning planning and zoning matters. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years, according to the city’s website.
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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