Before going to the drawing board, however, the city will hostits first Greater Airpark Area Plan Visioning Series. The firstsession, set for May 21, will be geared toward business andproperty owners. The following day, city officials will host acommunity workshop. The goal is to get input on the future of theAirpark, which is bound by Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, CentralArizona Project canal on the north, Thunderbird Road/ Redfield Roadon the south, 90th Street/Loop 101 on the east and Scottsdale Roadon the west.

City leaders are striving to create a comprehensiveredevelopment plan to ensure continued growth on the land, which isadjacent to Scottsdale Municipal Airport. According to the city'swebsite, Scottsdale Airpark has 2,400 businesses operating in 22.3million sf, a hub for more than 46,000 workers. The Airparkpresently is the third largest employment center in the state, butit's expected to become the largest one by 2010.

The problem is there isn't anywhere to put any more businesses."It's built out from a horizontal standpoint," Brent Moser,executive vice president for Phoenix-based Grubb & EllisBRE/Commercial LLC, tells GlobeSt.com. "You might find a piece ofland here and there, but the numbers have gone from $8 to $10 persf 10 or so years ago to $40 to $60 per sf today."