By Roland Murphy for AZBEX
During its April 9 meeting, the Globe City Council approved a planned area development modification that will allow a master-planned project covering 58 acres on Highway 60 to proceed.
The PAD had initially been approved in December, but staff review of the plan’s second phase found some details did not conform to the existing minimum zoning standards.
The original zoning and PAD for the site date back to 2015. There were three possible land use scenarios laid out then, which included various combinations of single-family, multifamily, light industrial, commercial, retail and office.
According to the staff report on the recent update, “The master plan provides a mixture of land uses and a variety of housing types. Phase I of the project includes 70 single-family homes, 28 townhomes, and 22 cluster home casitas, along with an amenity center, fire/public safety substation, and community pool and parks. The second and third phases of the development include approximately 600 mid-rise apartments over commercial/office, a 300-room hospitality use, and convention hall, chapel, and recreation facilities.”
Originally called “Mariposa,” the project is now referred to as “Marigold.” The modifications addressed by the updated request include adjusting minimum lot sizes and dimensions; modifying public roadway details; updating design guidelines; incorporating conceptual land use and site plan layouts; incorporating the December 2023 site plan approval for building heights and densities, and allowing uses like public facility, church or hotel/convention by right without requiring a conditional use permit.
Phase I will deliver 120 single-family housing units on 16.52 acres. Phases II and III will provide 600 multifamily units on 18.28 acres. The report says, “26 acres exist on the multi-family parcel, excluding the area of the hospitality and convention center site.”
The report goes on to point out Marigold marks the first new horizontal mixed-use development in Globe’s history and is the largest planned development in the city since the original creation of the Globe townsite. Over the last 15 years, Globe has added 176 new housing units to the local stock. The 720 units included in the Marigold plan would add space for an estimated potential population of 1,450 residents.
Citizen reviews and comments were largely supportive of the project, with the only opposition coming in the form of concerns about traffic on Holder Road and a proposed intersection with Marigold Blvd. The Planning and Zoning Commission attached a condition of approval to ensure Holder’s roadway connection is for emergency access only.
Monte Dei Globe is the owner. The construction manager is Jones & Jones Construction. The architect is Harrison Design, and JE Fuller is the engineering firm.
In an email, Brian England with Monte Dei Globe told BEX research staff, “We are in the process now of having the plat drawn up, as well as construction documents for City Council approval. We are anticipating this to be completed in October 2024, and hopefully, we will be able to break ground before the end of the year.”
