The Tempe City Council approved a 400-unit affordable apartment building and grocery store project at Dorsey Station, passing an ordinance that creates a planned area development overlay for the site.
As Helena Wegner explains in the Phoenix Business Journal, the community has lacked a nearby grocery store since Food City closed in 2021. “The city bought the shopping mall property in 2021 for $10.7 million, the Phoenix Business Journal previously reported. It was then rezoned last year to mixed-use high density, which allows for housing and commercial space.”…