Work could begin soon on a project that could see the construction of up to nearly 11,000 new homes in southern Arizona.
Members of the Apache Junction City Council have given their unanimous approval to the building of a large master planned community proposed by D. H. Horton Incorporated of Arlington, Texas in an area popularly known as the Superstition Vistas.
Horton was the successful $245 million bidder for the land in an auction conducted late last year by the Arizona State Land Department.
Set to go up in the East Valley, on land bordered by Elliott Avenue and Meridian Drive, and just to the west of the Central Arizona Project Canal, the project will encompass nearly 2,800 acres that could eventually be called home to around 30,000 people.
According to city documents, the project will comprise some 443,400 square feet of residential development and land that has now been rezoned from rural low density to master planned community.
The project will also include up to 9 million square feet of commercial and industrial space.
Long in the planning stage, the Superstition Vistas project has been billed as a “model for the 21st century,” some 35 miles to the east of Phoenix, and will see an emphasis on parks and open space.
The project will also be built with an eye to observing Apache Junction’s dark sky requirements designed to limit light pollution in a desert city.
A series of public input meetings have been conducted throughout the summer regarding the project.
By Garry Boulard