Phoenix Board Backs NorthPark Plan After Pushback

The vote came fast. You could feel the room shift. A plan for a huge tract by I-17 & Loop 303 in Greater Phoenix moved forward, even as locals packed the seats in protest. The map is big. The stakes are bigger. You saw that in every raised hand.

Quick Points

• Board backs wide-area plan in The Valley

• Locals send volumes of opposition letters

• TSMC moves to buy state land inside the site

• Traffic, water, & open space spark friction

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Land Map Shift & Developer Moves

The land in question covers roughly 7,000 acres by the I-17 & Loop 303 link, a stretch that now sits at the center of a long-range buildout. A plan like this carries homes, job sites, shops, and support uses, all spread across a grid that reaches to state trust parcels. Pulte filed the core cases. Then TSMC stepped in with a bid for a large section of trust land inside the map. You could sense how that changed the tone overnight. Now the value of that trust parcel sits near two hundred million dollars.

• TSMC bid for 902 acres

• State sets bid floor at 197.25 million

• Pulte leads rezoning push

• Plan folds in homes, work sites, retail

• Rezoning hits planning commission on Dec. 4

This shift helped the plan gain momentum. It also fed tension inside nearby neighborhoods in The Valley, where residents feel the pace rising fast.

Neighborhood Worry & Pressure Points

The room at the village meeting filled early. You heard stack after stack of letters land on the record: heavy opposition, fewer in support, and a crowd that didn’t hold back. Most neighbors focused on road use through their blocks, water draw from a region with tight supply rules, and the state land piece that now sits on the auction board. Many asked to push the plan north of Loop 303 to stretch the buffer from current streets.

• Traffic spillover fear

• Water volumes unclear

• Recreation areas shrink

• Calls to shift plan area

• Concerns over state land use

• 243 letters in protest

• 68 letters backing plan

These lines show a pattern. Folks in nearby clusters want fewer cars, more room, and slower change.

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Water Systems & Plant Tech

TSMC stepped up with its own pitch at the meeting. The company walked through its water cycle plan, which sends most water through reuse loops inside its plant. The process screens out risk compounds. None moves through housing zones. The plant team said its system runs far beyond older factories, relying on closed-cycle treatment tech that keeps waste streams out of public reach. You could sense that some residents wanted more detail, while others doubted any plant claim.

• Reuse target at 90 percent

• Waste stream treated on site

• No harmful flow to homes

• Modern control gear in plant

The water talk didn’t erase tension, but it set a marker for future hearings.

What Comes Next

The plan now rolls to the city’s planning commission in early December, where another long session waits. You’ll see fresh maps, traffic models, and more pushback from neighbors who want lighter impact on their blocks in The Valley. For now, the board vote keeps the plan alive, but the larger fight sits right ahead.

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