The Surprise Planning and Zoning Commission has approved the site plan for another industrial project in the Surprise Pointe Planned Area Development. In this case, the project is a 414.5KSF building from Iconic Equities on 24.95 acres west of the SWC of Dysart Road and Sweetwater Avenue.
Surprise approved the PAD in 2006 and a master plan for the overall Surprise Pointe area last November. With those approvals in place, Iconic Equities’ project will not require any further action from Council now that Planning and Zoning has approved the site plan, which calls for approximately 352.4KSF of warehouse space and 62.2KSF of office.
Design firm and project applicant Ware Malcomb requested a maximum height of 47 feet for the development. Standard heights were 35 feet when the PAD was approved in 2006. Surprise updated its land development ordinance in 2021 to increase maximum heights to 40 feet.
Planners reported the 47-foot height was in keeping with other industrial developments in the area. They explained that with automation and storage requirements in modern buildings of more than 250KSF, planned heights of 40 feet or more are becoming more common. (Source)
