A Val Vista Condos preliminary plat on 1.4 acres north of Southern Avenue on the west side of Val Vista Drive should be approved, the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board recommended recently.
The preliminary plat was recommended for approval unanimously in a consent agenda April 14, with Vice Chair Jessica Sarkissian and board members Shelly Allen and Benjamin Ayers absent. The Mesa City Council will make the final decision at a future meeting.
“The zoning in the site is office commercial and the request before you tonight is a preliminary plat to create a three-unit office condominium for an existing development,” Mesa Planner Kellie Rorex said during a study session prior to the meeting.
One of two existing buildings is proposed to be divided into two condominium units, she said.
Board member Jeffrey Crockett asked if construction is planned.
“Just out of curiosity, does this change require any construction on the site or is this more of a paper change?” he asked.
“(T)his is just basically a paper change, no actual development happening,” Ms. Rorex said.
Natalie Griffin of EPS Group is the applicant. LeSueur Family Investment Group is the owner.
It is anticipated that upon approval of the final plat an unoccupied building will be sold first. Building 1 would be split into two individual parcels and sold at a later time, according to a project narrative from EPS Group.
“The developer is ultimately seeking a split of the parcel into three separate condominium parcels in order to sell the individual units. The development team respectfully request expedited review and approval of the submitted preliminary plat documents since the site is existing and all improvements have been installed,” it states.
Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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