This week's projects
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Hillstone Villas, phase 2
Phase 2 grading and drainage for Hillstone Villas on Baseline Road, entered Sep 16 with the contractor to be bid.
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Yardly at Baseline
Grading and drainage for Yardly at Baseline, a build-to-rent community on Baseline Road, entered Aug 19 with the contractor to be bid.
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Dutch Bros Coffee
A new Dutch Bros drive-through on Camelback Road: a storm water permit Aug 14 and a landscape-in-right-of-way permit Aug 21, both with the contractor still to be bid.
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QuikTrip
Off-site work for a QuikTrip on 35th Avenue: pavement restoration and concrete in the right-of-way (Aug 10), landscape in the right-of-way (Sep 6) and storm water (Sep 11), every one with the contractor to be bid.
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Pinnacle Peak Logistics
A grading and drainage permit for a logistics site on Pinnacle Peak Road, entered Aug 3 with the contractor to be bid.
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Northwest Christian School gym
A site permit for a new gym at Northwest Christian School, entered Sep 17 with the contractor to be bid.
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Norterra Pointe multi-use trail
A multi-use trail at Norterra Pointe: landscape in the right-of-way by Native Resources International (Aug 6), then grading and concrete permits (Sep 10) with the contractor to be bid.
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336 apartments, I-17 & Rose Garden Ln
336 units, 15.33 acres
Up to 336 apartments on 15.33 acres at I-17 and Rose Garden Lane, built to the site plan dated June 15, 2026, with a quarter of the surface parking shaded.
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15th Ave & Baseline Rd (152 homes)
152 units, 20.86 acres
A 152-home subdivision on 20.86 acres: 62 detached and 90 attached homes, with shaded detached sidewalks on 15th Avenue and landscape setbacks planted with shade trees.
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Commerce park, 15th Ave south of Whispering Wind Dr
5.2 acres
A 5.20-acre commerce park by Deer Valley Airport with shaded parking, a shaded employee rest area and a new detached sidewalk on 15th Avenue.
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20th Street & Jones Avenue PUD
5.03 acres
A 5.03-acre commerce park PUD near Sky Harbor; the developer rebuilds 20th Street from Jones Avenue to Raymond Street at full width and puts the power lines underground.
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Self storage, 99th Ave & Meadowbrook Ave
3.34 acres
A self-storage facility on 3.34 acres with stone veneer and block elevations dated February 11, 2026, and the streetscape on 100th and Meadowbrook Avenues replanted.
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29 homes, 51st Ave & Union Hills Dr
29 units, 4.63 acres
A 29-home R-2 subdivision on 4.63 acres with retention areas ringed by shade trees and a detached sidewalk with a 10-foot landscape strip on Union Hills Drive.
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14 units, 28th St & Campo Bello Dr
14 units, 0.65 acres
Up to 14 homes on 0.65 acres with a quarter of the parking shaded and a planted sidewalk on Campo Bello Drive.
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WinCo-anchored center, 19th Ave & Baseline Rd
A commercial center with WinCo as the anchor on the C-2 part of a larger rezoning; WinCo builds most of the site infrastructure first and the pads follow, with full build-out in about five years.
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The Phoenician, Jokake event center
Grading and drainage plans for a new event center at The Phoenician resort, in plan review since Aug 6.
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How a commercial project moves through Phoenix
Most commercial jobs pass through several public steps before anyone is hired to build them. Each step leaves records, and each one is a chance to hear about the job before the bid list is set.
Village Planning Committee
Phoenix is split into urban villages, each with a committee of residents that reviews a rezoning in its area first and makes a recommendation. This is often the first public sign of a project.
Planning Commission and Planning Hearing Officer
The Planning Commission hears rezonings and general plan changes and recommends to City Council. The Planning Hearing Officer reviews changes to the conditions of an older rezoning, which often means a new buyer with a new plan.
City Council
Makes the final call on every rezoning. Its staff reports name the owner, the applicant and their representative, and the ordinance lists the conditions the project must meet, from street trees to screen walls.
Plan review and permits
Site plans and building plans are reviewed before any permit is issued. The city's permit records name the contractor, or show that none has been chosen yet, which is exactly when a call can still get you on the bid list.
Where the public records are
Everything on this page comes from records anyone can read. If you want to follow them yourself, start here:
- City of Phoenix Council meetings (agendas, staff reports, ordinances)
- City of Phoenix Planning and Development (plan reviews and permits)
- Maricopa County Assessor parcel map
Questions people ask
How can I find out about commercial projects in Phoenix before they go out to bid?
Every rezoning in Phoenix goes to City Council, and the staff report or ordinance names the owner and the applicant, with the site, the size and the conditions. Plan reviews follow, and the city's permit records show whether a contractor has been chosen. Reading them every week is how you hear about a job months before the bid list is set. Groundwork does that reading and writes down who to call.
Where are Phoenix's planning agendas and permits published?
City Council agendas, staff reports and ordinances are on the City of Phoenix's meeting calendar in Legistar, and plan reviews and permits are published by the Planning and Development Department. Both are free to anyone. The work is in reading them every week and telling apart the jobs that will need your trade from the rest.
Does a rezoning mean the job is happening?
Not on its own. A rezoning says what may be built; a project becomes real when plan review and permits follow, and some rezonings wait years for a buyer. This page lists projects that have cleared a public step, and says which step that was.
Is all of this public information?
Yes. Everything here comes from records anyone can read, and the links above show where they are. What Groundwork adds is the weekly reading, the judgment about which jobs fit your trade, and the contacts gathered in one place.
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