Land south of U.S. Highway 60 prime for development, city says
by Richard H Dyer | Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent
A property listed on the city’s “available properties” tool online.
Rezoning for a 90,000-square-foot manufacturing facility was recently approved by the Apache Junction City Council for land on the northwest corner of Tomahawk Road and Baseline Avenue.
The property owner, J&J Property Holdings, and Americana Building Products, the applicant, represented by Geff Purcell, sought a rezoning from General Rural Low Density Single-family Detached Residential (“RS-GR”) and Industrial (“B-5”) to Industrial by Planned Development (“B-5/PD”). It was approved by the Apache Junction City Council Feb. 6.
The facility, which is to have powder-coating equipment to bond granulated plastic to steel structures such as for playgrounds, could be up and running by the end of the year, Mr. Purcell said Feb. 7.
He told the council that ancillary businesses could be seeking to locate nearby.
“Eighty percent of the work we will do there will probably be contracted to other area manufacturers,” Mr. Purcell said to the council. “The economy’s picking up and we’re seeing a lot of growth in this type of thing. The good thing is, manufacturers like coating operations to be near so they can limit their transportation costs, so it’s a possibility that it will attract additional light-manufacturers to your city. So that will be something to … set aside some additional area for industrial for growth,” he said.
Mr. Purcell’s light-manufacturing facility could attract other industrial or light-manufacturing uses to the city, Janine Solley, director of economic development for Apache Junction, said in an e-mailed response to questions.
