Roland Murphy

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MF mixed-use planned in Old Town Scottsdale

2 months ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

Credit: Drewett Works/City of ScottsdaleBy Roland Murphy | AZBEXOld Town Scottsdale may soon see a stylish new mixed-use multifamily and office development. Staff has recommended approval of a plan for The Bishop—a 17-unit, 4.3KSF boutique office/commercial development on 1.13 acres on the SWC of Bishop Lane and 2nd Street. The Scottsdale Development Review Board is scheduled to review the site plan, landscape plan and building elevations in its April 17 meeting.
Sahuarita P&Z discusses planning area rezone

Mar 26, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy |Jordyn Holderman

By Roland Murphy | AZBEXThe Sahuarita Planning and Zoning Commission met earlier this month to hear and discuss development plans and a rezoning request for a 233.4-acre planning area known as Parcel 30. The site lies east of Interstate 19 and south of Sahuarita Road at the NWC of El Toro and La Villita roads. The property is comprised of three parcels under Town ownership, and the Town of Sahuarita is requesting rezoning from rural homestead to specific plan.
Self-storage facility proposed in Casa Grande

Mar 10, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

Credit: Red Architecture/City of Casa GrandeBy Roland Murphy | AZBEXThe Casa Grande Planning and Zoning Commission will meet this week to discuss a proposal and set of requests to build a 120KSF self-storage facility on 4.5 acres of General Business-zoned land near the SWC of Florence Blvd. and Arizona Road. Developer PSC Storage has requested a conditional use permit, major site plan and preliminary plat approvals.
Casa Grande land changes open new sites for industrial

Mar 5, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

Credit: Colliers Engineering & Design/City of Casa GrandeBy Roland Murphy | AZBEX – BEXclusiveThe approval by Casa Grande City Council last month of General Plan amendments and rezoning requests for a pair of properties will make more than 350 acres of new space available for future industrial development. In its Feb.
Plan would repurpose SE Tucson mine site for mixed uses

Feb 24, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

Credit: Paradigm Land Design/Pima CountyBy Roland Murphy | AZBEXPart of the Black Angus Mine site, an open pit aggregate materials mine southeast of Tucson, could see a new future as a commercial and residential hub under a plan currently before the Pima County Planning and Zoning Commission. Owners Diamond Ventures and Rocking K Development Co. are requesting a comprehensive plan amendment and specific plan rezoning for a 62-acre property west of Valencia Road and Old Spanish Trail.
Apartment community planned for Sunnyslope

Feb 20, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

Credit: Norris Design/City of PhoenixBy Roland Murphy | AZBEXAllante Properties has requested the City of Phoenix rezone 2.18 acres at the SWC of Peoria Avenue and Cave Creek Road to enable the development of a 240-unit multifamily development called Valle View. The total project area consists of 5.2 acres. The portion covered by the request is currently zoned C-2 intermediate commercial. The request would change the zoning to R-5 multifamily residential.
Buckeye P&Z advances multiple projects

Feb 18, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

Miller & Hazen Multifamily. Credit: Felten Group/Fifth Avenue PropertiesBy Roland Murphy | AZBEXThree developments can now move forward after the Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission approved their site plans during its Feb. 11 meeting. Taken together, the approvals total 472 new residential units, 48KSF of retail/restaurant space and 52KSF of future pads.
New apartments considered in Mesa

Feb 12, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Excolo Development.)By Roland Murphy | AZBEXExcolo Development has proposed a new 120-unit multifamily community on 5.05 acres at the NEC of Guadalupe and Power roads in Mesa.
Legislation Would Effectively Strip NIMBYs of Referendum Tool

Feb 11, 2025 | azbex.com | Roland Murphy

By Roland Murphy for AZBEXArizona legislators are once again looking to change how cities and counties around the state deal with zoning issues and to undercut the degree to which opposition groups can interfere with the zoning process.
Requests submitted for large swath of land in San Tan Valley

Jan 21, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Roland Murphy

Photo via Pinal CountyBy Roland Murphy | AZBEXIn its meeting this week, the Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a request by Pinal County to rezone more than 3,200 acres in unincorporated San Tan Valley to allow for future development.