Design reviewed for building at Gateway Airport Commerce Park in Mesa
City of Mesa
A single-story building for office, light industrial and warehouse uses is planned.
City of Mesa
The property near East Pecos Road and South 89th Place in Mesa is zoned light industrial with a planned-area development overlay. Indoor warehouse and storage are permitted uses.
A 13,673-square-foot industrial development is to be constructed near East Pecos Road and South 89th Place in Mesa.
The Mesa Design Review Board on March 10 voted 5-0 to approve the site plan modification, design and landscaping for the Gateway Airport Commerce Park development on 1 acre. Board member Denise Dunlop was absent.
The site plan modification changes the building footprint from 12,186 square feet to 12,888 square feet as well as the location of the main drive aisle and building orientation. These are changes from a May 2, 2007, decision of the design review board for the development of two office warehouse buildings, according to a written staff report.
The property is zoned light industrial with a planned-area development overlay. Indoor warehouse and storage are permitted uses, Staff Planner Sergio Solis told the board.
“There is a previous condition of approval that does require design review approval for any development within this planned-area development, so this is why we are here today,” he said.
“The major site modification ... is pretty similar to what is being proposed now. What is being modified is the location of the main drive aisle — it’s being shifted to have access on that northern side,” Solis said.
The applicant is Tim Rasnake of Archicon Architecture and Interiors LC. The owner is Gateway Airport Commerce Park Lot No. 19 LLC.
A single-story building for office, light industrial and warehouse uses is planned. The building is to be constructed of similar building materials already used in the Gateway Airport Commerce Park development, according to a written project narrative.
“This will include the use of two different types of concrete masonry units, painted stucco wall, matte finished metal faced panels for walls and canopy, painted aluminum copings and medium bronze aluminum storefront with one-inch clear insulated glazing,” 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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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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