A 10-building, 1,641,352-square-foot office/warehouse industrial development is to be constructed west of Signal Butte Road and south of Elliot Road within the Eastmark planned community in Mesa.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board recently voted unanimously to approve a site plan review for the 116-acre development. Board member Jeffrey Crockett was absent.
The proposed development complies with the Eastmark community plan and the Eastmark development unit plan. For a buffer, the Eastmark Disc Golf Course is between single-family homes and the planned industrial development, Planner Kellie Rorex said during a study session prior to the board’s March 23 meeting.
“So the site plan shows there will be 10 buildings divided by Mesquite Road, with five on the north side and five on the south side. The combined square-footage is over 1.5 million square feet. Primary access will be from Everton Terrace and Mesquite Road, and the applicant has provided almost two dozen open space areas that surround the site with outdoor amenities for employers and visitors,” she said.
The preliminary elevations were approved by the Eastmark Design Review Committee at a Dec. 9 meeting, Rorex said.
“Once the site plan is finalized, it will go back for a final approval,” she said.
Residents living near the proposed development have expressed concerns about trucks going south on Everton Terrace into residential areas, light spillage, noise and compatibility issues, she said.
Numerous comment cards were read into the record during the meeting from residents who oppose the development.
Dustin Chisum of Deutsch Architecture Group is the applicant. DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC is the owner.
A mixture of building sizes and heights, with all buildings having complementary architectural styles, is planned at the industrial park, according to a written project narrative.
“Possible users: manufacture, warehouse and office. Building designed with single user or multiple user functions with entryways at the exterior corners/front and loading docks along the length of the structure or rear of the building,” it states. “The building walls are 100% precast concrete tilt panel. The mass of the concrete walls have been broken up using various paint schemes, glazing, canopies, trellises, horizontal and vertical reveals, two types of texture, changes in plane and parapet elevation heights.”
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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