4,695 acres of state land near San Tan Valley eyed for future development Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on September 18, 2026 A prominent zoning attorney is working to set up about 4,695 acres of state land east of San Tan Valley for an unidentified user. Pinal County’s Planning and Zoning Commission will hear a request at its Sept. 17 meeting to designate that land as a “Special District” under an application from zoning attorney Jordan Rose of Rose Law Group, who told the Business Journal she is representing the Arizona State Land Department. The site is currently zoned for employment and moderate-to-low density residential uses. The Special District designation is specific to state owned land, according to the project narrative document submitted by Rose Law Group. The department requires land use entitlements to be secured prior to auction to receive the maximum value for the site based on its future use. “ASLD is requesting this zone change in conjunction with the Special District land use classification to increase the value of the Trust Land by entitling this property and attracting future large employment end users to Pinal County,” according to the narrative. The project site is being set up for “employment campus facilities,” according to planning documents. Rose Law Group also filed an application with ASLD to trigger a future auction, according to a spokesperson with the Arizona State Land Department. “The state determined this would be a heck of a good location for some future employer to locate,” Rose told the Business Journal. “The quicker they can zone it and get it ready for that, the better they could find that employer and put it out to auction and see who comes and bids,” Rose said. An auction for the Pinal County site is expected by the first quarter of 2027, according to the documents Rose Law Group submitted to the ASLD. The ASLD filing suggests the proposed use is both commercial and industrial, while documents submitted to Pinal County state the property would be utilized “for high employment industrial uses” if it is approved. A potential bidder or end user typically leads the rezoning process, though cities have also spearheaded efforts to get sites ready proactively. One example is Peoria’s Innovation Core. The city officially rezoned over 7,000 acres of state-owned land just west of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s campus and purchased a roughly 800-acre chunk of that land at auction. Find Complete Article Here: https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2026/09/16/asld-pinal-county-industrial-mystery-rezone.html