The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority is planning a new development that will complement the existing operations of major companies at the East Valley employment hub.
The airport authority issued a request for qualifications to find a developer that will transform eight acres of newly cleared land on airport property. Those eight acres were previously home to two former U.S. Air Force buildings and adjacent to its Taxiway Tango. The new developer would have an option to transform an additional 1.2-acre parcel near the primary redevelopment site, according to the RFQ.
“With more than 300 days of sunshine and a pro-aviation business climate, this prime site is the airport equivalent of beachfront property,” said J. Brian O’Neill, the airport authority’s executive director and CEO, in a statement…