A preliminary plat — or map — has been approved for a four-unit commercial condominium subdivision on 40 acres south of the southwest corner of East Elliot Road and South Everton Terrace in Mesa.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board voted 4-0 April 23 to approve the preliminary EdgeCore condo plat. Chair Benjamin Ayers and Boardmembers Jayson Carpenter and Chase Farnsworth were absent.
The project site is within development units 5 and 6 south of the Eastmark community plan, Planner Kwasi Abebrese said at a study session prior to the meeting.
“The site is currently developed with one data center building and an SRP substation. The remaining two buildings ... are currently under construction,” he said. “So overall the proposed preliminary plat will create four units. Units one, two and three will align with the building footprints and unit four will contain the existing SRP substation on the project site.”
The applicant is Alex Hayes of Withey Morris Baugh PLC. The owner is MECP1 Mesa 1 LLC.
EdgeCore received initial site plan approval for a multibuilding data center campus on Dec. 12, 2017. A minor site plan modification was approved for the proposed development on Nov. 2, 2023, which contemplated two phases of development, according to a written project narrative from Withey Morris Baugh.
“With a site plan already approved and the initial phase already complete, the proposed condominium plat will help facilitate project financing and enable execution of the overall visions for the property that has already been reviewed and approved by the city,” it states.
The seven-member Planning and Zoning Board conducts hearings and makes recommendations to the city 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.
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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