One of the last open stretches of land inside Chandler’s sprawling Allred Park Place office campus is being eyed for apartments and retail, a shift that would bring housing to the long-standing business park for the first time. The Chandler Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval last Wednesday to rezone an 18-acre property within the 180-acre development for multifamily housing, teeing up a City Council review.
The project, known as the Station at Park Place, would rise on one of the last remaining vacant parcels of the mixed-use development in Chandler’s Price Corridor, according to abc15.com. The rezoning request now heads to the Chandler City Council for further review, the outlet reports.
Allred Park Place has for two decades been built around office, research and flex space rather than housing. As CoStar News reports, the campus could gain a residential component for the first time if the apartment plan moves forward, marking a notable change for a property that is home to some of Phoenix’s top employers, per a caption cited in that report.
A Two-Decade Buildout Nears Its Final Parcels
Douglas Allred Company has been developing Allred Park Place for roughly 20 years, since acquiring the first 72-acre parcel of land in 2007, the ABC15 report notes. The company is now partnering with Atlanta-based Wood Partners to develop the apartments on the site, the same report states. Douglas Allred Company is also listed under construction in CoStar’s reporting on the project…