David Glimcher, president of Glimcher Ventures Southwest, saysthe retail development at the intersection of Loop 202 and San TanFreeway will begin in the spring. Trillium Residential LLC inPhoenix has been tapped to handle the multifamily development,planning to launch construction at the same time. A groundbreakingdate for the office component hasn't been determined. "We'retalking with several office developers and hope to have a decisionmade within the next 90 days," Glimcher tells GlobeSt.com. He saysthe breakout is 20 acres for retail and 12 acres dedicated tooffice, with the remainder going to multifamily development.

Glimcher says retailers' interest in the project is strongalthough he expects it will be awhile before anything will gel."We're looking at restaurants and more traditional service retail,something in the fitness category and some automotive-relateduses," he says. "We have a lot of interest, but likely won't haveanything before the early part of Q1 2008." He adds it's likelythat retail leasing will be outsourced.

Glimcher, whose company is behind other developments such as the300-acre mixed-use Surprise Pointe in Surprise, AZ, saysdevelopment has been hot on the southwest side of Mesa, thanks tothe completion earlier this year of Loop 202, also known as the SanTan Freeway. "This area couldn't be developed prior to this pointbecause of accessibility," he adds.