RESEARCH: Buckeye AZ City Council Decisions, Development Projects, and Zoning News (Last 7 Days)

Summary

Within the last seven days, the most significant development activity in Buckeye, Arizona centers on two major rezoning requests scheduled before the Planning and Zoning Commission: the Grand View Arizona Community Master Plan, a large-scale industrial and residential project, and the Coyote Crest residential development. City staff recommended a continuance for Grand View Arizona to allow for additional discussions, while recommending approval for Coyote Crest. These projects reflect Buckeye's aggressive growth strategy as the city plans to expand from its current population of 114,000 to a projected 305,000 by 2040.

Key Developments

• 2025-11-25 — The Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission was scheduled to hear two significant development proposals. The Grand View Arizona project, owned by Rexco LLC, seeks a rezone from Single-Family, Light Industrial, and Rural Residential to Community Master Plan (CMP) for approximately 2,300 acres near Verrado Way and Maricopa County 85, with plans for Regional Employment, Residential Village (up to 6,500 dwelling units), and commercial districts. City staff recommended a continuance to February 26, 2026, following a request from land planner Norris Design for additional discussions AZBEX
• 2025-11-25 — The Coyote Crest project, owned by Ward Real Estate & Development Company, was scheduled for a rezoning from Planned Community to Planned Area Development for 64.45 acres at the SWC of Roosevelt Street (future McDowell Parkway) and Rainbow Road, proposing a 901-unit residential community with 275 Build-to-Rent cottages, 170 duplex townhomes, and 456 garden apartment units. City staff recommended approval of this rezoning, subject to standard conditions AZBEX
• 2025-11-25 — The Grand View Arizona project includes plans for a Regional Employment district allowing light industrial, limited heavy industrial, manufacturing, logistics, data centers, and aerospace-related uses, with all but 32 acres of the nearly 2,300-acre site eligible for employment land uses to accommodate "mega users" AZBEX
• 2025-11-25 — The Grand View Arizona residential component would be developed primarily adjacent to existing neighborhoods to the northwest, north, and southeast of the site boundary, with a target of 5,060 units (maximum 6,500) across 750 acres at a target density of 6.75 units per acre AZBEX
• 2025-11-25 — Buckeye city staff has indicated that Grand View Arizona's plan, initially submitted in October 2023 and currently on its sixth variation, was previously continued from the October 28 Commission meeting, and the current continuance request came from Norris Design, the project's land planner AZBEX
• Ongoing — The City of Buckeye's Planning & Zoning division manages development review processes, zoning regulations, and long-range planning for the city, with public notices and meeting materials available through the city's official website Planning & Zoning | City of Buckeye
• Ongoing — The General Plan, known as "Imagine Buckeye 2040," identifies "Activity Centers" that denote vibrant mixed-use areas providing destination locations; the Coyote Crest project is located approximately 1.5 miles west of the Gateway Activity Center, Banner Medical, and Verrado Marketplace at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Verrado Way AZBEX

Sources

• Planning & Zoning | City of Buckeye
• City of Buckeye | Home
• Buckeye P&Z to Consider Two Major Development Plans - AZBEX