Buckeye rezones 2,000 acres for industrial employment corridor

Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on April 8, 2026

The West Valley city of Buckeye has rezoned a nearly 2,000-acre chunk of land, setting it up for a major industrial employment corridor.

Buckeye City Council unanimously approved items related to the Grand View Buckeye development during an April 7 meeting, starting with a request to annex most of the site – about 1,918 acres – into the city’s jurisdiction and out of Maricopa County’s.

Councilmembers then approved rezoning the entire 2,271-acre site to Community Master Plan, a designation establishing three land use districts: regional employment, residential village and commercial.

The landowners of the Grand View Buckeye site are two entities – Grand View Buckeye LLC and Verrado 310 LLC – which trace to the Vanderwey family.

The regional employment district within the development will have a range of industrial buildings with limited heavy industrial uses, and is envisioned to draw manufacturing, logistics, data center and aerospace industry users, according to a project narrative document.

Under the CMP, that district also allows for one mega user to swoop in and develop nearly the entire site – minus 32 acres that would need to be used for commercial.

The residential district could span up to 750 acres, or the development could end up having no residential at all. A range of products including single and multifamily are allowed and housing would need to be located near other residential areas bordering the Grand View site.

The commercial district would span a minimum of 32 acres and a maximum of 235 acres, and would include shopping, restaurants, personal services and offices “to support both employees and residents in the area,” according to a development agreement between the city and developers, which was also approved during the meeting.

That agreement also spells out what infrastructure improvements the city is requiring the developer to make, which include roadway improvements, along with building a joint police and fire station along Jackrabbit Trail. If the developer intends to use Buckeye water or wastewater services rather than having a self-served process, it will also need to construct a new on-site water and wastewater facility for turnover to the city.

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