Expect to see more construction happening around town in the coming months.

Maricopa’s Planning and Zoning Commission discussed three commercial and residential developments last night, approving one to move forward in the planning process.

Roers Stonegate goes ‘full steam ahead’

Commissioners began with a discussion on a major development review permit for the Roers Stonegate multi-family development near Stonegate Road and Alan Stephens Parkway.

Developers made only two major updates to their previous submission — upping parking spaces from 404 to 438 and increasing the number of patio and balcony spaces for units.

Kevin Sturgeon, a spokesperson for Minnesota developer Roers Companies, said prospective tenants could expect to pay up to $1,600 per person in each unit.

“The rental range between the two- to four-bedroom units ranges depending on the number of persons in the bedroom type, so the range is about $1,100 to $1,600,” he said.

Sturgeon also said the developer wants to move “full steam ahead” and he hopes the company can break ground as early as November. This will be Roers Companies’ fifth Arizona development, having already built apartments in Flagstaff, Buckeye and Casa Grande.

‘Full-service’ U-Haul

Commissioners discussed U-Haul’s major development review permit on Honeycutt Road and Continental Boulevard.

Planner Derek Scheerer said the location would be a “full-service facility” for self-storage and renting moving trucks and equipment, as well as portable storage containers that can be shipped anywhere. Scheerer and commissioners did not touch on previous chatter about dedicated office space for regional corporate employees.

Scheerer added that privately-owned roads in the Seven Ranches area could make logistics a little tricky.

“The city engineer and public works department do have a road plan for the Seven Ranches. It is difficult because right now a lot of it is privately owned,” he said. “Once certain sections come along, other sections may come along as well. But that will be in capital improvement projects and things like that.”

‘Attainable’ homes at Anderson Farms

Commissioners voted to approve preliminary plans for the second phase of the Anderson Farms development near Hartman Road and Anderson Farms Boulevard.

Florida-based Lennar plans to construct two phases of homes on the 372 lots in the subdivision, focusing on “attainable” pricing, meaning homes are designed to cost less than $300,000.

“Lennar is still helping with closing costs, interest rate buy-downs and helping people get into the homes,” said Senior Project Manager Vickey Morris. “Lennar’s philosophy on this is we can’t fix the market because we don’t control the whole market. But we can control what we present to the buyers … These are attainable mortgage homes, not ‘affordable’ homes.”