The Mesa Design Review Board discussed the look and landscaping for the 36.8-acre development during an Oct. 13 meeting.
City of Mesa
Pacific Proving LLC, the property owner, in collaboration with Vestar, plans to develop the parcel for a mixed-use retail, quick-service restaurants and hotels.
A commercial development including a 166,000-square-foot major-tenant building, two shops buildings totaling 27,950 square feet and two hotels with 212 rooms is planned at the southwest corner of East Williams Field Road and State Route 24 in Mesa.
The Mesa Design Review Board discussed the look and landscaping for the 36.8-acre development at an Oct. 13 meeting. Vice Chair Ryan Circello was absent.
Home2Suites and Residence Inn hotels and future/conceptual drive-thrus are planned, Staff Planner Kellie Rorex said during the meeting.
“The request before you tonight is for the design review for a large commercial development, which includes two hotels, two shops buildings and then an anchor store with a fuel station,” she said. “They are proposing plants such as the Mexican bird of paradise, desert willow, seedless olive and red push pistache among other plants.”
Pacific Proving LLC, the property owner, in collaboration with Vestar, plans to develop the parcel for a mixed-use retail, quick-service restaurants and hotels, according to a written project narrative.
The massing and scale of the buildings will be broken up using wall texture, color, material changes, shadow lines, roof plan changes/overhangs, and other facade treatments, it states.
“The design team has used a combination of design characteristics — form, color, texture, landscaping and materials — to provide enhanced building/site visual interest and appropriate scale, where possible,” the narrative states. “Special attention to screening, building placement, vehicular access along with unique and interesting architectural features/open spaces were primary design objectives when developing the design program that can last or be modified to maintain the quality of the development vision.”
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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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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