Forty units in five two-story apartment buildings are planned east of Lindsay Road on the south side of Southern Avenue in Mesa.
The preliminary design for the 2.2-acre Countryside Modern development is to discussed at the Jan. 11 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board. The board generally meets at 4:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the lower Mesa Council Chambers, 57 E. First St.
The development was on the agenda for the board’s Dec. 14 meeting but was continued to the next meeting.
Tim Boyle of Tim Boyle Design is the applicant and Nourelhouda LLC is the owner.
“Just across Southern from vast grassy Countryside Park, Countryside Modern multifamily brings minimalist modern architecture to the corner of Southern and 32nd,” according to a project narrative from Tim Boyle Design. “Isolated from the rest of the city block with a medical office to the west and a church to the south, this bypassed parcel has sat vacant with RS-9 zoning for single family homes since the ‘80s; the Realtor’s aging ‘for sale’ sign doesn’t even list an area code.”
The units are to have three bedrooms, a bonus room, 2.5 baths, a two-car garage and private front yard spaces, it states.
“The landscape architecture features a rich variety of lush colors of trees and flowers, private open space yard for each unit and a dog park to complement the vast Countryside Park to the north. Countryside Modern also offers a pool and spa for residents to enjoy, as well as shade structures and plentiful seating within the amenity spaces. With two-car garages, 100% of the units will have safe bicycle storage, with additional bike parking in the [northwest] corner. The corner crosswalk to Countryside Park connects this development with one of Mesa’s larger parks,” according to the narrative.
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 citizens, 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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