Monday, April 8, 2019 / by Juan Grimaldo
Developer starts work on building nearly 4,000 homes in West Valley
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Brookfield Residential Arizona broke ground on April 4 for its 1,130-master-planned community in Avondale
Brookfield Residential Arizona broke ground April 4 on its 1,130-acre master-planned community that will have 3,695 single-family homes in the West Valley.
Called Alamar, the community is north of the Sierra Estrella Mountains at Avondale and Broadway boulevards in Avondale. Plans call for building 461 homes during the first phase. The grand opening is expected in late 2020.
Brookfield is expected to invest $20 million in first-phase improvements for the Alamar community this year.
The land — bounded by Dysart Road to the west and Avondale Boulevard to the east, a bit north of Southern Avenue and a bit south of Lower Buckeye Road — was owned and farmed by the Lakin family for nearly 100 years.
"They finally had the motivation to look for a partner to develop the property," Brad Chelton, senior vice president for Brookfield Residential's Arizona market, told the Business Journal last August when the company was buying parcels to assemble the property. "We were fortunate enough to be engaged with them and try to work out a deal."
(Image: Jim Poulin, Phoenix Business Journal)
Brad Chelton, senior vice president for Brookfield Residential's Arizona market.
In the project's first phase, single-family homes will range from 1,400 square feet to 4,500 square feet and will be priced from the low to mid $200,000s to the mid to high $300,000s, Chelton said.
(Image: Brookfield Residential)
Rendering of Brookfield Residential's new master-planned community in Avondale called Alamar.
Author: Angela Gonzalez, Phoenix Business Journal
