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Vision of Upper Canyon emerges in city records BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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hough the start of construction has yet to be announced, the massive Upper Canyon Development on 373 acres in western Ahwatukee is taking shape in plans the developers have submitted so far to the city. Phoenix Planning and Development Department documents obtained by the Ahwatukee Foothills News through a state records law request show how the overall development is being planned by land owner Blandford
Homes and its subsidiary, Reserve 100 LLC, together with homebuilder D.R. Horton. When it is done, Upper Canyon will comprise 1,050 detached single-family houses, 150 rental townhomes and a 328-unit apartment complex on former State Trust Land along Chandler Boulevard between 19th and 27th avenues. Blandford won a state Land Department auction for the property with a $175.5 million bid that it is not scheduled to finish paying until 2029, according to state records obtained by AFN.
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The developers so far have submitted plans for the first two phases that will cover a total of six of the 20 parcels they’ve carved out for development. But no timetable for any phase is indicated in the developers’ submissions, although the city has put the second phase on a “time extension” for further details. The first phase of the development calls for 122 single-family homes divided among three parcels along W. Chandler Boulevard
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Phoenix crime reduction plan targets 4 areas BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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Dylan Lehner and Lenore Encinas of the East Valley Service Club spent part of last Thursday at West USA Realty’s Ahwatukee office weaving plastic grocery bags to make mats for unsheltered people who would otherwise sleep on the ground. To read about the unique project involving Realtors and members of the East Valley Service Club and Horizon Honors Secondary School’s Key Club, see page 25. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)
he Phoenix Police Department last week rolled out a new “Crime Reduction Plan” aimed at driving down violent crimes by 5% and property offenses by 8%. The plan takes “a community and victimcentered approach” that targets “the most violent people, the most active places, prohibited possessors (of firearms) and violent offenders with outstanding warrants,” a department release stated, noting it includes metrics for assessing progress. The plan comes at a time when a Phoenix
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