The corporate headquarters at Jerit Automation Inc. is expanding south of Pecos Road and west of Ellsworth Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Design Review Board on Jan. 9 voted 6-0 to approve the design and site plan for a 0.9-acre industrial building addition in the Gateway Airport Commerce Park.
It was approved with five conditions noted in a staff report and a new condition to add additional wall articulation to the north facade to relate more with the south facade, which is to be reviewed by the city planning director.
The board is required to review and approve all future development plans within the neighborhood for an industrial subdivision, Staff Planner Joshua Grandlienard told the board.
“(K)ind of the intent of this building is to blend in the addition with the existing kind of nature of the architecture and also kind of bring it forward to the new addition. Here’s the proposed site plan with a 15,037-square-foot addition on the north side,” he said.
The site will be screened with an 8-foot-tall masonry wall. A total of 41 parking spaces are required and 42 spaces are to be provided, Grandlienard said.
The applicant is Paul O’Connor. The owner is GNDCH Holdings LLC.
The project will be an expansion of the corporate headquarters for Jerit Automations, a research and development company that produces small-scale manufacturing prototype equipment for use by other manufacturers, according to a written narrative.
Jerit Automations specializes in designing and creating automated assembly systems for the manufacturing industry, it states.
“The current facility will house corporate offices along with a research and development center along with an area for fabricating manufacturing systems. There is also an area for shipping and storage. The total square footage for the existing facility is 14,060 with the property being 37,749 square feet,” according to the project 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 residents, according to the city’s website.
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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