End of an era: Mesa will annex dairy farms and county land for Hawes Crossing development

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing.) By Alison Steinbach | The Republic Mesa will annex dairy farms and county land to make way for a planned mixed-use project called Hawes Crossing in the southeast corner of the city. After four years, numerous studies and dozens of plan iterations, the City Council voted Monday to approve Hawes Crossing — but not without significant debate. Council members faced …

Mesa City Council approves Hawes Crossing

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing.) By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal During a virtual hearing Monday night, Mesa City Council approved the 1,200-acre Hawes Crossing development. With 102 speakers in support during the virtual hearing, Council voted 6-1 on what is the largest master-planned community to be approved in the Valley during the past 11 years, said Jordan …

As huge East Mesa rezoning nears OK, farm exodus begins

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune Urban sprawl may level Jim Boyle’s bucolic East Mesa dairy farm and force him to move his home and operation to Casa Grande, but he’s okay with that. Despite the more than 40 years his family has tended his two farms near Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport, Boyle …

SE Mesa area could generate 240K jobs

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune An east Mesa city councilman last week criticized a consultant’s report on the future of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, arguing it “would be a recipe for disaster’’ to allow housing in the flight path along Elliot Road. Councilman Kevin Thompson’s comments came after a consultant outlined the …

Approved development plan in Mesa would cover 1,100 acres

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing By Griselda Zetino | KTAR Seven dairy farming families are one step closer to selling their land for development in the East Valley. Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Board voted last week in favor of a massive development plan called Hawes Crossing. The farming families have been working with city staff to come up …

7 Mesa dairy farmers are one step closer to selling land for development

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Hawes Crossing By Alison Steinbach | Arizona Republic Seven Mesa dairy farming families are one step closer to selling their land for a massive mixed-use development called Hawes Crossing in southeast Mesa. All that’s left is to convince the City Council of their plans.  The project received the go-ahead from the Planning and Zoning Board this week with …