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NEWS ........................... 3 Queen Creek Mayor Gail Barney mourned.
BUSINESS .............. 17 EV yo-yo company big player in Mesa convention.
SPORTS ................. 22 Section 7 roundball tourney returns in style. COMMUNITY ................................. 13 BUSINESS ...................................... 17 OPINION ..........................................19 SPORTS ............................................ 22 GETOUT .......................................... 24 CLASSIFIED ................................... 28 Zone 2
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Sunday, June 26, 2022
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Gateway Airport opens up 270 acres for development BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer
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hoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is throwing 270-acres of vacant land into the economic development feeding frenzy taking place in Southeast Mesa. The airport board signed a deal last week with The Boyer Company to develop Gateway East, a large section of land in the northeast corner of the airport set aside by the airport authority for non-aeronautical development. The trapezoid-shaped parcel between
the airport’s runways and US 24 sits across Ellsworth Road from an area that has been growing at full-steam in recent year with developments such as the Eastmark and Cadence master-planned communities and the 320-acre Bell Bank Park sports complex that opened in January. At its June 21 meeting, the airport’s board of directors approved a 40-year master development agreement with Boyer, headquartered in Salt Lake City. The deal envisions a mixed-use commercial area developed in three phases at Gate-
Las Sendas OKs Biker yoga short-term rent restrictions
way East, but the airport authority is giving Boyer freedom to hammer out the details of development. In Boyer’s tentative master plan for the area, 50% of Gateway East would be devoted to industrial uses, 32% to office, 9.5% to retail and 6.25% to hospitality. Boyer describes itself on its website as one of the nation’s largest developers in the nation and a full-serve development company and manager of office, retail, industrial, medical,
see GATEWAY page 6
BY MARK MORAN Tribune Managing Editor
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esidents of the northeast Mesa community of Las Sendas have voted to dramatically reduce homeowners’ options for renting out their houses. With passage of an amendment to the community’s to amend their neighborhood Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, or CC&Rs, people wanting to rent a house in Las Sendas will be required to sign a lease of at least 31 days. The amendment is aimed at short-term rentals particularly on online platforms like AirBnb and VRBO that led to a series of ongoing problems for full-time residents who
see LAS SENDAS page 11
Mesa author and yogi Gregory Ormson, seen here with Brina Brown, marketing director for Superstition Harley Davidson in Apache Junction, believes yoga is a relaxing and stress-relieving activity for anyone – even bikers. Ormson, who just wrote a book about yoga, relates some of his thoughts in a. story on page 13. (Courtesy of Gregory Ormson)
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