West ValleySaturday, November 14
A 32-acre mixed-use District with a public plaza is planned for Avondale
The Good Day Surprise team
If you shop out west, here's a project to watch. Pederson Group and Barclay Group are partnering on The District, a 32-acre, 269,000-square-foot development at the northwest corner of Avondale Boulevard and Van Buren Street. It will have a major grocery store, specialty retailers, restaurants, entertainment venues and a landscaped plaza, plus a light industrial component for jobs.
The District would fill 32 acres of Avondale's BLVD
Area of the District, beside places you know
24 football fields would fit inside the District
Sources: West Valley View, AZ Big Media
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| Area | |
|---|---|
| The District | 32 acres (Avondale Blvd. and Van Buren) |
| Avondale's Boulevard District | 356 acres (The BLVD) |
| A football field | 1.3 acres (end zones included) |
| A Walmart Supercenter | about 4.1 acres |
- Groundbreaking: early spring 2027
- Targeted opening: early 2028
- Tenants: none formally announced yet
- Still needed: entitlement process and final zoning approvals
Rather than a bank, gas station or drive-thru, the developers plan a public space on the prime corner. “We’re taking the most valuable piece of the property, which is the immediate corner,” Jim Pederson said. “We’re going to turn that into a public area.” Avondale Mayor Mike Pineda called the project “another exciting step forward in bringing our vision for The BLVD to life.”
The District is a big project from experienced retail developers
- 269,000
- square feet planned for The District
- 20 million+
- square feet of retail the two companies have developed
Sources: West Valley View, AZ Big Media
Sources: West Valley View, AZ Big Media