New City of Zion: Plans For The Upper Kingdom (Utah). Here in Arizona (The Lower Kingdom of Deseret) A Different Pattern

IS THIS THE PATTERN FOR THE NEW CITY OF ZION?

Steve Romney, the president of the Church's Real Estate and Land Development, (Suburban Land Reserve) said the following in  a news article, “In addition to contributing to needed utility infrastructure around the temple, this community will help protect the temple and create a place where people can enjoy the setting of this sacred building in ways that are important and meaningful to them.”
The LDS Church released today their proposal to develop a community that includes hundreds of homes and a 55-plus adult community around the newly announced Temple in Tooele, Utah. 
Here is the news article LINK as well as the Church News Release. LINK
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Source for excerpts included in this post: 
Bare Record of Truth 0.05.2020 
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First 
1. See this > 16 September 2019

For-Profit Religion is Fast Transforming Downtown Mesa Into A Satellite of Salt Lake City click here 

2 13 January 2020

Suburban Land Reserve,Inc > More Plans For Sub-Division Plats @ "Mesa & Main Redevelopment Phase 2"

Proposed plans to add 2 additional blocks for 12 townhomes + 10 townhomes and 6 detached single residences are on the Final Agenda for today's meeting of the Mesa City Council. 
The Study Session starts at 5:15 p.m. with a review of items on the agenda for the regular council meeting scheduled to begin a half-and-hour later at 5:45 p.m.

Attachments for Items 9-c and 9-d are inserted below where the owner of the plats is listed as Suburban Land Reserve, Inc.

"Mesa & Main Redevopment" is the phrase used by the City of Mesa for the currently under-construction 10-acre retail-residential-commercial project located on the SEC Mesa Drive/Main Street adjacent to the 20-acre Mesa Temple.

It's been controversial from the start when plans were first 'revealed' back in February 2018 that were fast-tracked through the development and approval process. All throughout there were NO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES EVER DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.

2. Many might be surprised to know that the LDS church is the largest non-governmental land owner in the US.
It is not unusual for the Church to buy land. It normally does so through its primary corporate entity, the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  news article

In a recent fireside at our stake, a Church employee spoke and shared with us that the Church builds more square footage in United States than Walmart. I don't know what the Church's exact square footage is, but as of January 31, 2014,  Walmart  has built almost 1 billion square feet. ( 723,385,669 square feet to be exact) stats 

Last week,  Suburban Land Reserve (one of the real estate arms of the Church) met with the City Council to propose a preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD) in Herriman.  The LDS Church owns 300 acres in Herriman approximately at 6801 W 11800 South.  and hopes to get approval to subdivide the land into 2,549 home building lots. (Minutes to the City Council Mtg.)
A few years ago, "The Mormon Church has purchased a major chunk of undeveloped property in overbuilt Maricopa from two major home builders. 

Property Reserve Inc., a real-estate holding company owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, paid home builders Fulton Homes Corp. and Shea Homes for Active Adults a combined $72 million in October for about 1,900 acres of virgin land in the Pinal County city, 35 miles south of Phoenix." LDS Purchases Maricopa land from builders in Arizona
While a developing land to subdivide into home lots is one thing, when I learned that the Church has land with plans to develop an entire new city, I was really surprised . . ." 

A Flash-Back to June 10, 2018: Coulda, Woulda . . . It's A Done Deal

Massive Mesa Mormon Temple Make-Over Plan could transform downtown Mesa- East Valley Tribune Report by Jim Walsh reproduced by Rose Law Group Reporter 
"An extensive renovation of the iconic Mesa Arizona Temple has the potential of becoming a catalyst for the transformation of the city’s downtown. Using Pioneer Park* and the revamped Temple as its anchor, that transformation could attract an unparalleled revival, saidMaricopa County Supervisor and East Valley Partnership President Denny Barney.

Iconic figure from Monopoly

“We’re talking about tens of millions of dollars in private investment down there,’’Barney said. “I think this will be a catalyst for future investment. . . "  
RIGHT DENNY! . . . but we'll never know since no financial details were ever revealed.

* Blogger Footnote: The original Parks Bond budget approved figure for the renovation of Pioneer Park was $5.9 Million dollars that somehow doubled to $12 Million$ while the eastward Gilbert Road Extension of Valley Metro Light Rail Service was in-progress. One public report stated that the architect for the temple's redevelopment area 'worked with' planners, possibly for the underground installation of city-owned utilities infrastructure.

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Below is the plot map showing all the lots that will be for sale. I assume with all the different size lots that there will be price ranges from expensive lots for the affluent to smaller lots for the modest income families. I labeled them accordingly.

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