PHOENIX — Plans to rezone a golf course into homes on the Phoenix-Scottsdale border hit a stumbling block this week.
The owner of the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa wants to rezone the 72-acre Mesquite Golf Course for nearly 500 homes near the Phoenix-Scottsdale border. The Mesquite Golf Course is one of three courses near 66th Street and Greenway Parkway.
The proposal seeks to rezone the area and amend the city’s General Plan to allow homes, townhouses or condos on the golf course. The project is called the Copper Residences Planned Unit Development. The Acacia and Ironwood courses would remain golf courses…