Construction is officially underway on a major redevelopment at the Oro Valley Marketplace. The project will add new apartments, improved pedestrian connections and a public park to the area near Tangerine and Oracle Roads.
Crews have broken ground south of Tangerine Road, flattening land and relocating water lines to make room for a 320-unit apartment community known as Encantada at Oro Valley Marketplace. It’s the first phase of a master plan approved in 2023 that aims to turn what’s long been a shopping destination into a mixed-use hub to live, work and dine.
“The plans for the redevelopment, the live and shop component, is one of the reasons we decided to come in here originally,” said Crispin Franco, co-owner of Stacks Book Club…