A 72-unit apartment complex with two- and three-bedroom units is to be constructed west of Gilbert Road and south of Broadway Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on June 28 voted 5-0 on a consent agenda with other items to recommend that the city council rezone 3.5 acres to multiple residence-4 with a new planned area development overlay and major site plan modification for Reed Park Residences. Absent were Vice Chair Benjamin Ayers and board member Genessee Montes.
Pedestrian paths are planned around the buildings and leading to amenities at the site, Planner Jennifer Merrill said at a study session prior to the meeting.
“The site plan shows two three-story apartment buildings. There’s a centrally located amenity space including a pool and playground equipment. The site is gated and there are two vehicular gates at the site — one of them is at the northwest corner of the site and that’s the main entrance and exit; and then the one at the southwest corner is exit-only. Those entries do have pavers on them,” she said.
Pew & Lake PLC is the applicant. Ridgeway Investments LLC is the owner.
The Reed Park Residences will have three-bedroom units of 1,137 square feet and two-bedroom units of 879 square feet. The site is surrounded by residential development and the city’s Reed Park, according to a written project narrative from Reese L. Anderson and Jon Gillespie of Pew & Lake PLC.
“The relatively small size of the site and its longstanding, vacant, in-fill nature makes it ideal for a multifamily residential development such as the one being proposed by the developer,” it states. “The Reed Park Residences property management organization will be privately maintained and the number of units provided will ensure that the association is properly funded and sustained.”
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 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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