This was Mesa News back on June 8, 2014
Mesa pushes for zoning overlay to ease attraction of high-tech to Elliot Rd
by Gary Nelson
"For years, Chandler has made economic-development headlines by exploiting the cachet of its Price Road corridor, anchored by a giant Intel Corp. campus.
But as Price Road fills in, where will companies look for large swaths of developable land?
Mesa thinks it has just the ticket: a largely vacant 1.5-square-mile strip on the north side of Elliot Road, with Hawes Road on the west and Signal Butte Road on the east.
It is bounded on the north mostly by single-family homes and, at its eastern end, is across the street from the massive factory now owned by Apple Inc.
The land has several owners, the city itself among them. Its parcels have various designations in Mesa’s existing General Plan, ranging from light industrial to regional commercial centers to offices.
Over the years, various development proposals have come and gone. The recession squelched a shopping center at Elliot and Ellsworth roads. And three years ago, the City Council killed a proposal to build more than 1,300 homes just across from what was then the First Solar Co. factory.
Mesa sees a future where that land is brimming with companies drawn by Apple and the neighborhood’s abundant transportation options, which include Loop 202, the brand-new State Route 24 and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
The city is initiating a zoning case that would make it easier for every parcel owner in the strip to accommodate businesses meshing with Apple and with Mesa’s own soaring aspirations."
BLOGGER NOTE: Believe it or not, a connection to investors from far-away Singapore really helps + the latest biggest private investments in real estate by Blackstone. And then, of course, we have Mesa SkyBridge.
and the Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant . . .
All with former alfalfa fields turned into real estate fortunes across some 1100 acres of available land holdings.
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Mesa thinks it has just the ticket: a largely vacant 1.5-square-mile strip on the north side of Elliot Road, with Hawes Road on the west and Signal Butte Road on the east.
It is bounded on the north mostly by single-family homes and, at its eastern end, is across the street from the massive factory now owned by Apple Inc.
Over the years, various development proposals have come and gone. The recession squelched a shopping center at Elliot and Ellsworth roads. And three years ago, the City Council killed a proposal to build more than 1,300 homes just across from what was then the First Solar Co. factory.
The city is initiating a zoning case that would make it easier for every parcel owner in the strip to accommodate businesses meshing with Apple and with Mesa’s own soaring aspirations."
BLOGGER NOTE: Believe it or not, a connection to investors from far-away Singapore really helps + the latest biggest private investments in real estate by Blackstone. And then, of course, we have Mesa SkyBridge.
and the Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant . . .
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EdgeCore Internet Real Estate is nearing completion of its first facility in Mesa, Arizona. We take a closer look at EdgeCore, and its data center design and approach to the market
Let's take a look first on this blog in this post to the bigger opening image you can see to left - a geographic layout of southeast Mesa adjacent to Chandler and Gilbert.
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It’s been 15 months since EdgeCore came out of stealth mode, launching with an experienced management team, and investors with deep pockets. That combination got the industry’s attention, as did the company’s plans to build huge campuses in leading data center markets.
EdgeCore’s initial data center is nearing completion here in Mesa, where the 32-megawatt first phase is scheduled to come online shortly. It’s the first of seven data centers planned for the company’s Phoenix campus, which will eventually span 1.25 million square feet of space.
For the EdgeCore team, the Mesa project marks the transition from planning and construction to marketing and operations.
Some Factoids:
An Experienced Team, With Working Capital
- EdgeCore is one of a group of new entrants to the data center sector, backed by new investors attracted by the growth of cloud computing. The availability of experienced executive teams creates the potential for new entrants to have game-changing impact.
- The lead financial backer is GIC, the sovereign wealth fund for the government of Singapore, while other financial partners include Denver-based Mount Elbert Capital Partners and OPTrust, one of Canada’s largest pension funds.
- The company is led by former CoreSite CEO and Tom Ray, one of the most experienced executives in the data center sector. EdgeCore’s entire management team worked with Ray at CoreSite, bringing experience in site acquisition, data center design and construction at a public data center REIT (real estate investment trust). The company has 30 employees
> EdgeCore is using lithium-ion batteries in its UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems, reflecting the recent shift away from the lead-acid batteries that have long been a stable of data center UPS rooms. Lithium-ion batteries are commonplace in devices like smartphones and laptop computers. Advocates of lithium-ion batteries cite multiple advantages over lead-acid batteries, including a longer lifetime, reduced weight and footprint, and less rigid cooling requirements
Mesa: The New Data Center Neighborhood
EdgeCore’s ambitions in Phoenix are reflected in the 280 megawatt electrical substation behind the data center. The company plans to build seven data centers in Mesa, where its campus is the first of many purpose-built data centers expected to rise along the Elliot Technology Corridor.
For now, the huge EdgeCore building has the neighborhood pretty much to itself. The site is surrounded by open land, sitting just beyond an active residential and retail development corridor in Mesa, which is about 18 miles East of downtown Phoenix. It’s just north of Chandler, which has been a focal point for hyperscale development in the Phoenix market, housing campuses for CyrusOne, Digital Realty and H5 Data Centers.
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