Pinal County keeps moving despite slowdown

Slowdown not stopping Pinal Developments, from the Phoenix Business Journal, reports that a handful of developers are planning to add more than 5,000 homes in unincorporated Pinal County despite the slowing housing market. Las Vegas developer JEKE Group LLC plans a 225-acre master-planned community called Maricopa Opus near Maricopa, and SPD Inc. is planning a 1,200-acre, 4,200 home master-planned community called Dugan Fields on the south side of Highway 84 between White and Parker Roads, west of Casa Grande. SPD Principal Matt Montgomery said the East Valley has been bolstered by the Intel Corp. expansion in Chandler and consistent job growth along the Interstate 10 corridor.

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