By VERNON ROBISON
Moapa Valley Progress
The Mesquite City Council gave the go-ahead last week to a proposal to build a 310-unit apartment complex on a 15.4 acre site on W. Pioneer Blvd just west of the Ken Garff Ford dealership in Mesquite.
The developer, Pioneer Partners, LLC, made a request at a City Council meeting held Tuesday Feb. 11, for a zone change on the property from General Commercial (CR-2) to High Density Multi-Family Residential (MF-4). This change would pave the way for the development. The council approved the request unanimously.
The project, called The Trails at Mesquite, would have a gated main entrance on Pioneer Blvd. The complex would entail nine 2-story residential buildings. The entire project includes 114 single bedroom units, 180 two bedroom units and 16 three bedroom units. The complex would also have a 5,000 sq ft clubhouse, two swimming pools, a good deal of landscaped open space and plenty of parking, including garage parking for residents.
The only public comment on the project came from Mesquite Regional Economic Development CEO Colton Teerlink who stood in enthusiastic support for the project.
“It is a pleasure to see the project at this stage,” Teerlink said. “It is an incredible project for Mesquite considering our housing climate and we look forward to Council’s approval of it.”
Council members also expressed support for the project.
“In our recent strategic planning session the first priority was workforce housing that the council all agree on,” said Councilman George Rapson. “That encompassed all entry-level housing not just affordable housing which is ostensibly defined as apartments. So this is actually fulfilling what we determined collectively as one of the major needs of the city.”
Councilwoman Annie Black agreed. “It is interesting to see that we’ve all been talking about this sisue for quite some time,” she said. “I just think it is great that the free market has come up with a solution and we didn’t have to solve it.”
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This is wonderful news it can’t happen soon enough.