InBrief: Commercial, residential permitting around town
Here is a list of permits issued March 16-April 11.
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A permit was issued to build a Burger King at The Wells, 41980 W. Maricopa-Casa...
City dreams about the future: multi-use stadium, light rail and a ‘ring road’
For Maricopans who share a grand vision for their growing city, Thursday’s city planning session was like Christmas, a birthday and Mardi Gras rolled...
Maricopa Properties fined civil penalty of $12,000
A local real estate business forced to close its doors in April after an audit revealed a misuse of funds was ordered last month...
After guilty plea, former realty broker behind bars
Former real estate broker Dawn Anderson, formerly Dawn Madden, is now inmate 003479764 in the Pinal County Jail.
Guilty of theft, forgery and fraudulent schemes, the...
Most expensive home: $10K under asking in Rancho El Dorado
The most expensive home sold in Maricopa last month was a two-story on a quarter-acre, corner lot on The Duke at Rancho El Dorado....
Pulte Homes gets P&Z approval for new Maricopa project
Pulte Homes received preliminary plat approval from the Maricopa Planning & Zoning Commission Monday for a 200-acre single-family housing development at the northwest corner...
Canadians, other snowbirds cashing out of Maricopa
With the upswing in the economy and the rise in the value of the American dollar, homeowners across Maricopa are cashing in on houses...
Council OKs 208-unit Honeycutt Run rental community
The shortage of rental communities in Maricopa is quickly being addressed.
The city council Tuesday night approved, 7-0, the third significant build-to-rent development in the...
Alterra developer plans 1,600 more homes in Maricopa
Century Communities, the developer of the Alterra community, has submitted a pre-application to the city to develop more than 1,600 homes.
Century has applied to...
P&Z gets earful from Glennwilde residents – and OKs apartment complex
Plans for a huge apartment complex are headed to City Council.
The Maricopa Planning & Zoning Commission on Monday unanimously approved site, landscape, elevation and...
Which Valley city has the most-affordable homes?
There is plenty of information about the housing market on the internet, on Facebook and on the local TV news, including numbers, forecasts and...
Lakes home counter-offered $115k down
The most expensive home sold in Maricopa from Dec. 11 through Jan. 10 garnered $609,995.
This Lakes at Rancho El Dorado home at 22386 N....
Realtor: Home sales don’t stop when snowbirds fly the coop
As many of Maricopa’s seasonal visitors pack up to leave before the heat really hits, on behalf of all realtors, I would like to...
Business, development around town
Sonoran Creek Marketplace at 20300 N. John Wayne Pkwy. will add landscape irrigation electric service along Edison Road at lots 2 and 3. Work...
6 key projects west of SR 347
There is a long list of active and planned residential and commercial projects on Maricopa’s west side. Here are six that look to change...
Turmoil at The Villages as 4 HOA directors apparently rescind resignations
The dissension is mounting in The Villages at Rancho El Dorado.
“It’s getting really ugly right now,” a resident said this week.
As of Friday, the...
Construction begins at Estrella Gin, with a twist
The developers of the 32-acre Estrella Gin Business Park have received construction permits and will begin work on the initial 6,000 square feet of...
Maricopa only place left in Valley for business expansion
Mayor Christian Price let the residents of Province who attended a presentation on city issues last Wednesday in on a little secret. He said...
Construction begins on APEX garage condos
Construction has begun on the latest phase at APEX Motor Club, the high-end “country club racetrack” located west of Maricopa off State Route 238...
Is Maricopa real estate market cooling off?
Mother Nature is turning up the heat in Arizona this summer but is the real estate market finally cooling off?
Maricopa real estate has been...
Construction begins on Hampton Edison homes for rent
Excavation and construction work has begun at Hampton Edison, a 151-unit, single-family home community being built by Paragon Development on the south side of...
Family begins process to convert farm to homes
A local family is taking steps to turn its 100-acre farm off Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway into a planned residential development.
The Kellys have hired Cowley...
Most expensive home(s): All 5 sell for $500K-plus
The most expensive home sold in Maricopa from March 13 — April 12 was a single-story in Glennwilde. This former model has a five-car...
Maricopa housing recovery one of Valley’s best
Maricopa’s housing market may have been one of the hardest hit in the state, but that also means it could have one of the...
Much of Maricopa designated as floodplain; insurance costs rise
When most people think about the city of Maricopa a desert is more likely to come to mind than a floodplain, but the Federal...
Roers Maricopa apartments get P&Z site plan, elevation approvals
Maricopa Planning & Zoning Commission on Monday approved site, landscape, photometric and elevation plans for the 200-unit Roers Maricopa apartment project.
The 12-acre, multi-story, multi-family...
Expected End Ministries spends nearly $1M on 10 acres for international HQ
Commercial Properties Incorporated announced Monday the sale of 10 acres of commercial land to Expected End Ministries, a Maricopa-based nonprofit ministry.According to Tempe-based Commercial...
K Hovnanian Homes to be builder at Kelly Ranches
New Jersey-based K Hovnanian Homes is in the process of purchasing the Kelly Ranches property at the southeast corner of Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway and...
Realtor: Home prices expensive, but only by Maricopa standards
The average price-per-square-foot of Maricopa homes sold in the summer of 2021 is more than four times the same period a decade earlier. Yet...
Gated, multifamily community planned at Tortosa
A gated, multifamily development is planned for a 20-acre property in Tortosa.
Honeycutt Run will consist of 209 single-story and detached units at the southeast corner of Honeycutt...