An office and warehouse building is to be constructed on 6 acres east of Higley Road on the north side of McDowell Road in Mesa.
The landscaping and look of the Longbow Business Park Lot No. 7 development were discussed at the Feb. 14 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board.
The property is zoned light industrial with a planned area development overlay where the use is allowed, Staff Planner Charlotte Bridges said at the meeting.
“The site plan shows the construction of a 53,000-plus-square-foot building. Access is from McDowell; parking is located on the south and west sides of the building and the truck and loading areas on the east,” she said. “The elevations are tilt-panel construction; they do have form liners that are adding differences in textures throughout the elevations as well as they have the glass and they have some metal accents, awnings.”
Chase Woosley of Cotton Architecture + Design LLC is the applicant. CTC Properties LLC is the owner.
A 53,645-square-foot multitenant building that has 43,546 square feet gross of warehouse space and 10,099 square feet gross of future office space is planned, Ryan Short, principal at Cotton Architecture + Design, wrote in a project narrative.
“The office space will include lobby/reception, open office space, private offices, break rooms, conference rooms and support spaces. The warehouse space will be provided with four overhead doors at-grade and two truck wells each provided with eight overhead door bays for a total of 20 overhead doors. No outdoor storage is proposed as a part of this new development,” 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.
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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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