In December 2024, the Peoria City Council approved a partnership with Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) that allows the city to lead the land planning efforts on 7,000 acres of undeveloped State Trust land in the area now referred to as the Peoria Innovation Core (PIC). With 75% of its remaining vacant land base located on State Trust Lands, and with nearly 80% of its labor force commuting to job centers outside of the City, the PIC provides an opportunity to provide for a sustainable land use plan that balances residential, employment and commercial development with the protection of natural and sensitive areas.

 

This area is known as the Peoria Innovation Core (PIC) and the land planning efforts are now underway for this 10.5 square miles of land that encompasses the Loop 303 corridor, from Lone Mountain Parkway to State Route 74.  The graphic at the right depicts the existing zoning within the PIC and the proposed land use types. The proposed land use types would be the basis for the zoning regulations that would be established in this effort. The forthcoming Planned Community District (PCD) zoning will replace the existing zoning within the subject area.

 

For planning purposes, the PIC area has been divided into three CORE areas:

Core 1: Lone Mountain Parkway to Loop 303

Core 2: Loop 303 to CAP Canal

Core 3: CAP Canal to SR74 

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Please take a moment to view the narrated presentation and look through the materials to better understand the City of Peoria’s objectives in developing the Peoria Innovation Core.

 

Additional information is available on the City of Peoria website.

 

Should you have questions or need information, please contact us.