OK Guys! Plunk it Down and Place-Your-Bets on SPORTS GAMBLING...Since when is 166 Acres 'One of The Largest Land Deals' in SE Mesa??

Read into it what you want > this headline story from ABC15 News

Indiana developer buys 166 acres of land in Mesa, plans large-scale industrial project

By: Corina Vanek, Phoenix Business Journal

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(Photo by: Vizzda An aerial view shows the land in Mesa purchased by Scannell Properties)

MESA, AZ — An Indianapolis-based investor with several other projects in the Phoenix area bought 166 acres of land in Mesa in one of the largest land sales in the southeast Valley in the past decade.

Phoenix-based ViaWest Group sold the land on behalf of BD218 LLC, which according to real estate database Vizzda, is an entity with members including Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver, Suns executive Samuel Garvin and Steve Hilton, executive chairman and former CEO of Meritage Homes.

Scannell Properties, which is also planning to __________ near the Loop 202 South Mountain freeway, bought the land for $36 million. A large-scale, class A industrial development is being planned for the site, but details are still being finalized.

The site, located at the southwest corner of Warner and Ellsworth roads, was part of a 218-acre parcel the group purchased in 2007. Later, the Salt River Project purchased 35 acres of the land and 17 acres from that parcel was used for the Loop 202 expansion.

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REMEMBER THIS POST ON THIS BLOG From April 2018

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Let's fast-forward to now in the first decade of the 21st century, to see and read some "nice stories" how this wealth-creation rolls out
Blogger Note: Any number of stories published in mainstream media can be adapted to tell the story
Story #1  Sympathy for a Bygone-Era ... but here's the plan
East Valley's last dairy farmers look to develop 860 acres, leave area
This is from October 2017 by Lily Altavena  
"As he looks out at acre after acre of his dairy farm, Jim Boyle Jr. is not wistful at the idea of leaving the land his family has farmed for 40 years. He's hopeful. 

"The East Valley had a large number of dairies, and they’ve all been replaced by development," he said. "Which, you know, is good in a lot of ways, most of those guys were able to sell their land and build bigger dairies."

Boyle Jr.'s dairy is one of five in the neighborhood near southeast Mesa involved in a massive, 860-acre zoning request. . . "   How massive is it?

Their decision hinges on Mesa annexing and zoning the land to increase its value for sale to a developer.

If the dairymen are successful in zoning the primarily-agriculture land to housing, commercial and other uses, it's likely they'll pack up and sell . .

The neighborhood borders Gilbert.

Christened the "inner loop" by those in the planning effort, it's the area near Loop 202 around Elliot and Hawes Road. Much of the land falls within  Maricopa County and will require annexation into Mesa before development could take off. . .

The group of dairy farmers plan to take their zoning application to Mesa later this year, according to Jordan Rose, the attorney representing the farmers. The group wants to work with city officials to refine the plan for approval by the City Council next year. The proposed land-use plan so far includes residential, urban mixed-use, commercial and office space areas. . .

"If the zoning changes requested by attorney Jordan Rose are approved, that vote would unlock the potential for development of more than 1,100 acres in an aircraft overflight area two miles from Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport.

It also will enable six dairy farmers to sell their 535 acres and relocate to a more pastoral setting.

While the dairy farms have come to symbolize Hawes Crossing, which plans to use a white and silver dairy-oriented theme, the Arizona Land Department stands to benefit just as much if not more so.

Hawes Crossing includes 595 state-owned acres that likely would be sold in a lucrative auction if the council approves the zoning.

“There’s a lot of money on the table,’’ Rose said – not only for the dairymen and the state but also for Mesa through taxes and other revenues like development fees.

“I think it was monumentally important that the staff show that the vast majority (of Hawes Crossing) is in the county,’’ Rose said.

“It’s important to get control over that much property so you get revenue out of it. The revenues are going to come to the city or the county. . . ’’

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2020 ______, it's decision time at tomorrow's City Council meeting.
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Dairy farm supporters who showed up
at PZ Board 10/23/2019 

READY TO SIGN, SEAL AND DELIVER THE DEAL EVEN BEFORE THE MESA CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2020
CERTIFICATE OF MAYOR  
I, John Giles, the duly elected and qualified and acting Mayor of the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, do hereby certify that the attached copy of Ordinance No. _________ entitled: 
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 9, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE  7, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO BY ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY INTO THE EXISTING LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MESA 
is true, correct and compared copy of the original of record on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. 
That the ordinance was introduced at the February 10, 2020 Council Meeting and adopted on the 24th day of February 2020, and that the attached map is an accurate map of the territory annexed. 
That this certificate is made pursuant to and to comply with the provisions of Section 9-471, Subsection (A)(3), Arizona Revised Statutes. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, State of Arizona, this 24th day of February 2020.     
_________________________ John Giles   
(SEAL)