Construction, development around town

Here’s an update on economic development activity in April:

Fry’s Marketplace at 21145 N. John Wayne Pkwy. will spend $53,000 to add 1,500 square feet for a veterinary clinic and grooming/boarding facility. A sliding door entry will be replaced with a double swing door on the exterior. Interior renovation will include removal of wall partitions, flooring and ceiling. New or modified electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems will be added.

At its building at 19025 N. San Pablo St., Tortosa South Homeowners Association will spend $800 to provide telecommunications services to residents within the new build area of Tortosa. A power supply was needed for electronics within the parcels. Work will be done by Native Technology Solutions Inc.

Sonoran Creek Marketplace at 20300 N. John Wayne Pkwy. will re-subdivide lots 2 and 3 for owner John Wayne Parkway Maricopa AZ LLC.

Sequoia Pathway Academy will require an electrical inspection for wiring run to a meter box for Electrical District No. 3 at its campus at 19265 N. Porter Road, Building Q. North Porter LLC is having the work done by Torcom Construction.

Shade structure-related work will be done for Tortosa HOA by Gothic Landscaping Inc.: a 1,089-square-feet shade sail at 18290 N. San Pablo St. for $8,400 and two 256-square-foot ramadas costing $4,200 each at 18335 N. Alicante St. and 18580 N. Los Gabrieles Way.

The City of Maricopa conducted a development review at Bungalows on Bowlin, 44900 W. Bowlin Road, which will feature 196 units of single-family, detached and duplex homes. The review was done for Desert Cedars Equities East LLC.

New electrical service will be provided at the Oasis at the Wells apartments (72 units), 41535 W. Shea Way, Horizon at the Wells apartments (36 units), 41475 W. Shea Way, as part of replats of lots at the Maricopa Power Center. The work is being done for Oasis at the Wells LP by Mountain Trace Development LLC.

Decca Commercial Builders Inc. will conduct a replat of lots 18 and 19 at Horizon at the Wells, part of Maricopa Power Center at 41475 W. Shea Way, Apt. F137, including new electrical to building F.

Fry’s Marketplace at 21145 N. John Wayne Pkwy. will add two automatic fire suppression heads to the 27 existing heads. Work will be done by Nolin Fire Sprinklers Inc. for Fry’s Marketplace SCF RC Funding IV LLC.

A new fire sprinkler system will be installed at 44157 W. Copper Trail, per plans on Parcel VII of Cobblestone Farms for Cobblestone Sunrise LLC.

A permit was granted to Maricopa Auberge LLC for a $4,000 project to erect a flagpole at the La Quinta Inn at 44575 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., with work to be done by Adanac Builders Corp.

Richmond American Homes will spend $6,500 to install a flagpole in The Lakes at Ranch El Dorado, 22304 N. Daniel Drive, parcels 43-48. The flagpole will be installed by Impact Sign & Graphics LLC.

Province will conduct two projects at Porter and Smith-Enke roads: a $1 million to grading of Province Parcel 12 and an $833,358 grading of Parcel 9. Both will be done by Beusing Corp.

An at-risk grading and drainage project will be done for Maricopa Heritage Pointe LLC at 45115 W. Garvey Ave. by Frederick Clark Moiser.

An initial fire inspection was conducted at the Behavioral Health Residential Facility Adult Group Home at 17320 N. Lago Drive in Santa Rosa Springs by Racho Paul Inspection.

A group home was inspected to comply with the Arizona Department of Health at 41629 W. Avella Drive in Glennwilde for Mercy Waweru.

A fire inspection was conducted at Paradise Lodge, a behavioral group home at 43858 W. Lindgren Drive in The Villages at Rancho El Dorado. The property owner is Afua Osafao-Acquaah.

A hydrant flow test was performed for DR Horton Inc. at Phase III, Parcel 59 of The Lakes at Rancho El Dorado, 40988 W. Hillman Drive.

A fire hydrant flow test was conducted at 40675 W. Honeycutt Road for the Honeycutt-Gunsmoke project for MR Investments #3 LLLP.

Leading Edge Academy will install a new digital sign at 18700 N. Porter Road with the work to be done by Precise Sign Co.

Richmond American Homes will install signage for its new community in The Lakes at Rancho El Dorado at 22334 N. Daniel Drive, with work to be done by Impact Sign & Graphics LLC.

Pinal County will install a monument sign at its facility at 19955 N. Wilson Ave. with work to be done by Addisigns Inc.

An on-site improvement permit was given to Discount Tire for a $600,000 project to re-subdivide 8,192 square feet for its retail tire store on lots 2 and 3 at 20240 N. John Wayne Pkwy. The work will be done for John Wayne Pkwy Maricopa A LLC by FMI West Inc.

A permit was granted to Metro Red 1 LLC for improvement plans for paving, grading, signing and striping, sewer and water work at 39950 W. Hillman Drive in The Lakes at Rancho El Dorado. Otago Development Inc. will do the work.

Civil permits for grading, concrete, paving and landscape were granted to K Hovnanian at Santa Rose Springs. Rhino Contracting will do the work.

The Fishel Construction Co. was granted a right of way permit to install fiber optic cable at Anderson and Peters & Nall roads for Wester CA & NJ Trust.

A right of way permit was granted to Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical and Environmental Sciences Consultants Inc. to perform three soil borings on the west side of North Porter Road, north of West Farrell Road.

EHC Maricopa LP was granted a right of way permit for row work at 19060 N. John Wayne Pkwy. by Native Technology Solutions Inc.

Redemption Tattoo at 19428 N. Maricopa Road will move an existing 14-inch channel letter sign from the north side of the building to the south side, where it will replace an existing 8-foot aluminum sign. A new 20-inch channel letter sign will be installed on the building’s north side.

James N. Maigwa is seeking zoning to accommodate a group home of 1-6 people at 45790 W. Starlight Drive in Maricopa Meadows for Group Care Homes LLC.

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This column appears in the May issue of InMaricopa magazine.