West Valley city wants to annex nearly 2,000 acres to create major employment hub

Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on August 26, 2025

Buckeye is the latest fast-growing Valley city looking to ramp up employment opportunities closer to town, with plans for a major industrial employment corridor in the works.

On Aug. 26 Buckeye City Council will discuss a request to annex over 1,900 acres of agricultural land near Verrado Way and MC85 to lay the framework to turn the area into an industrial hub housing advanced manufacturers, data centers, battery storage facilities and other similar users.

If the annexation is approved, that acreage along with additional parcels already within Buckeye’s jurisdiction, amounting to a total of 2,271 acres, would be rezoned at a later date as a Community Master Plan. That overall rezoning request, which would allow for the site to be used for industrial, commercial and residential uses, is scheduled to be heard later this year at the Planning and Zoning Commission’s Oct. 28 meeting.

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