A Wingate-Hawthorn dual brand Wyndham hotel is planned on 4.5 acres north of Pecos Road on the east side of Sossaman Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on Dec. 15 voted unanimously in a consent agenda with other items to recommend the city council approve a use permit, site plan review, planned area development overlay, bonus intensity zone overlay and rezoning for the property. Absent from the meeting were board members Tim Boyle and Benjamin Ayers.
Will Moseley of Mesa Skybridge LLC was the applicant. Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Authority is the owner.
The airport is operated by the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, which consists of representation from Apache Junction, Mesa, Queen Creek, Gilbert, Gila River Indian Community and Phoenix.
Approval of the requested bonus intensity zone overlay will allow an increase to the maximum allowable height for new structures from 40 feet to 60 feet; and no landscaping within the proposed retention basin, which is required in the Mesa zoning ordinance, according to a written staff report.
Primary access to the site is provided along South Sossaman Road, with secondary entrances and exits in the northeast and southeast corners of the property to provide future access, it states.
The four-story dual brand Wyndham hotel is to have 129 guest rooms — 72 for Wingate and 57 for Hawthorn, according to a project narrative.
“This project will provide a superior quality with future phasing and growth. In addition, this is one of the first steps in facilitating logical planned growth to undeveloped land approved for development in the Skybridge Business Park. The development fits the existing and future design contexts while providing growth to the local economy and Mesa Gateway Airport infrastructure. The amenities and benefits to the local residents and business community are numerous and act as a natural extension of Mesa city,” it states.
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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