The pain-management medical business Neuragenex is to be in the Mesa Mercado Medical Office development planned west of Alma School Road on the south side of Southern Avenue in Mesa.
The look and landscaping for the 1-acre development were discussed at the May 9 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board.
Medical offices are allowed in the site’s limited commercial zoning designation, Staff Planner Cassidy Welch said at the meeting.
“The site plan is for a singular office building. They do have pedestrian connections to the benches out on the corner of Southern and Longmore. The site will be accessed from Southern Avenue and they are complying with parking requirements,” she said.
The landscaping plan includes acacia aueura, mulga, parkinsonia and desert museum palo verde trees; blue bells, upright rosemary and compact jojoba shrubs; smooth agave and purple muhly accents; and bush morning glory and firecracker penstemon as groundcover.
“It does include modifications of the existing site and that landscaping out on Southern to comply with our current development standards,” Welch said.
Neuragenex is a non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical, non-invasive and non-chiropractic pain treatment program. There are presently no Arizona sites, according to neuragenex.com.
Redevelopment will involve partial demolition of a parking lot. The Neuragenex business offers four primary avenues of care, according to a written project narrative from Kimley Horn.
The four avenues of care are:
non-opioid, non-surgical pain treatment;
medical care for chronic metabolic conditions, behavioral health and functional integrated health care;
musculoskeletal, with FDA-approved regenerative medicine treatments and procedures as non-surgical treatments; and
cosmetic and general dental program.
“Our strategy is to offer highly effective pain treatment therapies and protocols while addressing the underlying chronic metabolic conditions that drive chronic pain and chronic health decline,” the narrative states. “In addition to combating the opioid crisis with non-narcotic therapies, Neuragenex is also addressing the vastly underserved category of behavioral health by offering advanced FDA-approved non-pharmaceutical treatments for depression and anxiety.”
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 Twitter @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
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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