Scottsdale-based LKY Development is pursuing industrial zoning for approximately 5,157 acres near Tonopah, positioning a large portion of the Belmont master-plan area for employment uses west of Phoenix.
The vacant site lies generally between 347th and 371st avenues, north of Indian School Road. Maricopa County supervisors approved a comprehensive-plan amendment for the property in December 2024, changing its planned land-use designation from the predominantly residential Belmont Development Master Plan to Heavy Industrial. The amendment established a framework for future industrial development; individual projects would require further approvals.
County planning documents identify warehousing, distribution and energy production among the potential uses. The site is also near the preferred alignment for a future Interstate 11 corridor and its proposed connection with Interstate 10. The applicant cited that location and demand for employment land in seeking the plan change…