Major homebuilder proposes new development in South Mountain

Article originally posted on KTAR News on June 24, 2025

One of the largest home developers in the United States is looking to redevelop a plot of largely vacant agricultural land in South Mountain, one of the southernmost villages in Phoenix.

Scottsdale-based Taylor Morrison Home Corp. seeks to turn the 14.37 acres of vacant land into Yardly Baseline, a 188-unit build-to-rent development. One-third of the units will be one-bedroom, and the rest will be two-bedroom. Yardly is the company’s brand of for-rent cottage-style homes with private backyard space, which launched in 2022.

Yardly Baseline is projected to break ground in 2026, Cholla Susini, Taylor Morrison’s Phoenix build-to-rent land acquisition and development director, told the Business Journal.