Phoenix OKs controversial 6-story Biltmore condo project Article originally posted on AZ Central on February 6, 2026 The Phoenix City Council unanimously approved a redevelopment plan for 24th Street and Arizona Biltmore Circle at its meeting Feb. 4, a plan led by Jerry Colangelo’s JDM Partners. The project will include razing the low-rise office buildings on the site, which include JDM’s headquarters. The buildings will be replaced with a luxury condominium development called 2400 Biltmore. The project was proposed to have 203 for-sale condo units, but through the city process, the developer was requested to reduce the number of units to 195, Nick Wood, the zoning attorney representing the project, said at the meeting. The proposal garnered some strong opposition from people who live in the area, with many saying that the building, which will reach six stories tall in places, is incompatible with the existing neighborhood. “This will stick out as an eyesore in this low-scale neighborhood,” said Lynne Lagarde, a zoning attorney who spoke on behalf of many of the neighbors opposed to the project. Lagarde asked the council to require the building height to be lowered. The parcel where the building is planned is on a slope, so certain areas look higher than a building on flat land would. The building reaches six stories in places, but steps down to five stories and then four on the eastern side, closer to the golf course and existing homes. At the meeting, 22 members of the public addressed the council about the project, with a roughly even split between those who opposed it and those who supported it. Several of those in support said the development would bring much-needed housing to the area and create construction jobs. Many of the residents opposed to the project said the height of the building would block their views of nearby mountains, and the increased traffic would clog the streets. During the meeting, Wood and Councilwoman Debra Stark pointed out there is already approval in place at the Biltmore for buildings reaching 66 feet, but those have not yet been constructed. When discussing the project in May 2025, Colangelo said his team had always planned to redevelop the site. “We have always felt that the acreage was underutilized,” Colangelo said of the 6.2-acres in the coveted Camelback Corridor that the company has owned for more than two decades. “It had much more of a future for what it could be.” At the meeting, Wood said there have been only 103 new condo units constructed in the 900-acre Biltmore area in the last 40 years.