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"He's Back."
Rodger Ford announced his latest economic venture planned for the "Beztak" property: Our bloggers are intimately knowledgeable of this property. Roger's recent request to rezone this property for Apartment use was soundly rejected by the impacted citizens. It was rejected by the town's planning and zoning department. It was barely rejected by the Town Council. Read our report here.
At the Oro Valley Town Council meeting, Rodger made a personal appeal for rezoning this property based on a life-changing "accident" he had experienced.
My guess is that the only thing life-changing for Rodger regarding this accident is that he concluded that he better get something done about this property real quick, because there is no guarantee that we will see tomorrow!
Here's Roger's plan.
"Anthem Equity Group Inc. announced ... its plans to move forward with a 15-acre “Innovation Campus” at the northwest corner of East Rancho Vistoso Boulevard and East Vistoso Commerce Loop Road. Anthem’s managing partners include Rodger Ford, the former of CEO of SynCardia Systems Inc., and David Mackstaller, a SynCardia vice president." (Grubb and Ellis Atlanta)(Arizona Daily Star). The project calls for "Four 20,000-square-foot buildings - each 36 feet tall - will bebuilt first. Those buildings will house laboratories, manufacturingand warehousing. The construction of 10 8,000-square-foot high-techoffice buildings will follow, the company said."
The good news for the residents is that these buildings might block the view of the Crematory's smokestack!
Heaven forbid that Ford should give the residents one moment's peace regarding what is going to happen with this property.
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