John F. Long Properties LLLP is asking Phoenix to rezone approximately 665 acres along the Loop 101/Agua Fria Freeway in Maryvale. The case is Z-19-G-00-5. The city file lists 50,000 units as the scale of the mixed-use build-out. This is the largest vacant freeway parcel left in the Maryvale Village, and nothing like it has moved through Phoenix planning in recent memory.
If you live near the Loop 101 in Maryvale, here is what is changing
For a long time, that stretch of the 101 between Thomas Road and Indian School Road has been mostly empty land. If this rezone goes through and build-out follows, your commute patterns, your school enrollment numbers, and the range of shops and restaurants near your home could all shift — though not overnight. Full build-out is expected to take a decade or more, so near-term changes will look like construction activity, not a finished neighborhood.
The 50,000-unit figure in the city file is a ceiling, not a guarantee. But even a fraction of that scale added along the Loop 101 would represent one of the largest infill efforts Phoenix has seen in a working-class corridor that has historically lacked new housing inventory. More supply generally helps moderate prices. New commercial and employment uses could reduce the drive times Maryvale residents currently absorb going east for services and jobs. Park Algodon’s industrial campus next door shows the model.
Real questions remain. Loop 101 already carries more than 135,000 vehicles per day at this location. The Thomas Road and Indian School Road interchanges would face additional pressure as the site fills in. School capacity and water infrastructure are legitimate concerns at this scale. The Maryvale Village Planning Committee is a standing stakeholder body in this process, and community engagement has occurred on earlier sub-phases of this same site.
What the Algodón Center PUD is — and where it sits
The Algodón Center is a master-planned Planned Unit Development covering roughly 665 acres along the Loop 101 in western Phoenix. It runs about 1.5 miles along the freeway. The boundary goes from Thomas Road on the south to Campbell Avenue and Indian School Road on the north, between 91st and 99th avenues.
Prior city filings describe it as “the largest remaining vacant parcel in the Phoenix Maryvale Village and clearly the most visible parcel located along the Loop 101/Agua Fria.” That description still holds. Nothing else this size sits undeveloped along a major freeway inside Phoenix city limits in this corridor.
Satellite view of the approximately 665-acre Algodón Center site along Loop 101 in Phoenix, with the parcel boundary marked. (Esri World Imagery)
Algodón Center vs. Park Algodon: two different projects on the same family land
Search for “Algodon Loop 101” and you will find a lot of coverage of Park Algodon. That is a different project. Here is the distinction.
Park Algodon is a completed $250 million industrial and mixed-use campus on roughly 87 acres. It sits at the northwest corner of Loop 101 and Indian School Road. Creation and Clarion Partners built 1.3 million square feet of Class A industrial space there. It is done.
Algodón Center is the larger 665-acre master plan still going through the rezone process. Park Algodon is one completed piece of what the Long family has been assembling for decades. Confusing the two leads you to think everything is already built. It is not.
The rezone filing: what the ‘G’ in Z-19-G-00-5 tells you
Case Z-19-G-00-5 is the active rezone filing. The “G” is the seventh major iteration letter for this site — meaning this master plan has been amended and re-filed multiple times going back to at least 2000. Each letter represents a significant change to the PUD document. The current PUD narrative on file with the city is dated June 11, 2024.
Before this major rezone action, the city already approved two minor amendments to the existing PUD. The first minor amendment approval letter is dated January 17, 2023. The second is dated October 10, 2023. Minor amendments are handled administratively — no Planning Commission hearing required. The current “G” filing is a major rezone action and does require the full public hearing process.
Attorney Stephen Anderson of Gammage & Burnham PLC represents the applicant, John F. Long Properties LLLP (Jacob F. Long, General Partner). Anderson leads the firm’s Land Use & Zoning group and focuses on large-scale entitlement projects across Arizona. He has been listed as a Super Lawyers honoree in the land use category from 2007 through 2026.
The 50,000-unit figure: what it actually means
The city rezone file for Z-19-G-00-5 lists 50,000 units. To put that in context: Phoenix’s Housing Phoenix Plan set a citywide goal of creating or preserving 50,000 housing units by 2030. The city surpassed that goal in December 2024 — five years early — with more than 53,000 units created or preserved across the entire city over a decade.
The Algodón Center figure attached to a single 665-acre site mirrors that entire decade-long citywide effort. That does not mean 50,000 homes will be built tomorrow, or even within ten years. PUD filings set maximum entitlements. Actual build-out depends on market conditions, infrastructure, financing, and phasing. But the number signals the ambition of the project and the long timeline its developers are planning for.
What is already built inside the PUD boundary
The 665-acre site is not entirely empty. The Algodón Medical Office Park already operates at the northwest corner of Thomas Road and 91st Avenue. Acero at Algodón Center is a 458-unit apartment community built in 2021 at 3223 N Algodon Way, Phoenix, AZ 85037. IDM Companies manages the property, which offers one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes.
Adjacent to the PUD boundary, Wood Partners and CP Capital completed Alta 99th Avenue in 2024. The 402-unit Class A apartment community sits at 4411 N 99th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85037. These projects show the rezone is not starting from zero. There is already a baseline of multifamily housing and medical office activity within or immediately adjacent to this master plan area.
The approval path and who decides
Phoenix’s PUD rezone process works in stages. First, the application goes to the Maryvale Village Planning Committee for review and a recommendation. That recommendation then moves to the Phoenix Planning Commission, which holds a public hearing — typically three to five weeks after the Village Planning Committee acts. The Planning Commission can approve, approve with conditions, deny, or continue the case. Its decision is a recommendation, not a final vote.
After the Planning Commission acts, any party has seven calendar days to appeal. If someone appeals, City Council holds its own public hearing. If no appeal is filed, the case still goes to City Council for ordinance adoption. Opposition petitions filed within seven days of the Planning Commission hearing can require a three-quarters City Council majority rather than a simple majority for approval.
From application to final City Council action, Phoenix’s process generally takes three and a half to six months. Commission and Council recesses or continuances can extend that. The hearing date for this specific case has not been confirmed in the documents on file.
John F. Long, the family land, and a long West Phoenix vision
John F. Long built Maryvale in the postwar era — one of the first master-planned communities in the United States. He died February 29, 2008. His descendants’ company, John F. Long Properties LLLP, has held this Loop 101 land through every iteration of this PUD going back to at least 2000.
The family has stated plans to jointly develop major business parks covering 1,500 acres in West Phoenix along the Loop 101 corridor, projecting decades of economic expansion. Algodón Center is the centerpiece of that vision. Park Algodon, the completed 87-acre industrial campus, is the most visible proof of concept so far.
Planning Commission hearing: what to watch and when
The next public milestone is the Phoenix Planning Commission hearing for case Z-19-G-00-5. A specific hearing date has not been confirmed in the city documents on file. Once the Village Planning Committee schedules its review, that date will appear on the city’s planning calendar. From that point, expect three to five weeks to the Planning Commission hearing, then the City Council vote to follow — with the full process running three and a half to six months from application.
If you live in Maryvale Village and want to weigh in, the Village Planning Committee meeting is your first formal opportunity. The Planning Commission hearing is the second. Both are public. Instructions for submitting comments appear on the City of Phoenix Planning and Development Department website.
