A small commercial recreation facility and Get Air trampoline park with attached commercial uses are planned at the northeast corner of South Ellsworth Road and East Elliot Road in Mesa.
The landscaping and design for the 3.5-acre development were discussed during the March 11 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board. Chair Dane Astle, Vice Chair Justin Trexler and board member Paul Johnson were absent.
Veterinary services and general retail sites are planned, Staff Planner Mallory Ress said.
“It’s proposed as one building — a 54,400-square-foot building. The Get Air component with a small-scale commercial recreation is about 20,000 square feet, the veterinary services is proposed at about 6,000 square feet and then retail space at about 20,000 square feet could be broken up into different suites,” she said.
John Holman of EPS Group is the applicant. Elliot & Ellsworth Investment Properties LLC is the owner.
Get Air purchased 3.5 acres in East Gate Plaza for constructing its own building, Bill Gould of Gould Plus Architects LLC wrote in a project narrative.
“One of Get Air’s executives lives in Mesa and will be overseeing this project. He is personally excited about this project as his grandchildren who live in Eastmark will be very close to this park,” it states.
“As a trampoline park, Get Air needs a building with high, approximately 24-foot, ceiling clearances and a wide open 25,000- to 30,000-square-foot floor area with few column interruptions. We are proposing a 30-foot-tall basic wall height with additional height for wall height modulations and screens for mechanical equipment,” the narrative states. “To accommodate the relatively tall walls, we are proposing tilt-up concrete wall construction with a steel-framed roof deck. We intend to look compatible with the rest of the retail center by using similar colors, materials and forms as much as possible.”
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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