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Aldi grocery store planned at Power, Elliot near Gilbert
City of Mesa
The Aldi grocery store is to be constructed on the south side of the 6800 to 6900 blocks of East Elliot Road and the east side of the 3600 to 3700 blocks of South Power Road in Mesa.
City of Mesa
The grocery store will be part of a large commercial center.
A 20,598-square-foot Aldi grocery store is to be constructed east of Power Road on the south side of Elliot Road in Mesa.
The planned look and landscaping for the development on 3 acres were discussed at the Sept. 12 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board.
The grocery store will be part of a large commercial center, staff Planner Cassidy Welch said at the meeting.
“It is currently vacant, The site plan is for an approximately 20,000-square-foot store and the access will be from shared drive aisles from both Elliot and Power roads,” she said.
David Lake of Avalon Development is the applicant. Avalon Ranch LLC is the owner.
The all-volunteer Mesa Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the zoning ordinance to include two architects; two from other design professions such as landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background; one contractor or developer; and two residents, according to the city’s website.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on X @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia, Inc.. USA, since 1987.
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.
He also is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows
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