Medical, Housing, Retail Project Gets Green Light in Avondale

You can’t get more “mixed-use” than a hefty commercial development recently okayed in the exploding West Valley town of Avondale. The project, called The District at Crystal Springs, will be developed at the southwest corner of McDowell Road and Avondale Boulevard. 

The Phoenix Business Journal reports plans for the site call for up to 268 townhomes on about 23 acres, up to 216 units of multifamily for adults 55 years and older on 6 acres, commercial development such as retail or a hotel on 7 acres and a hospital on 8 acres within the city’s designated health-technology corridor. Fifield and Sparrow Partners are leading the development effort. Encompass Health is heading up the hospital build.

The Avondale City Council approved rezoning the property to a new planned area development for the project last month after the planning commission recommended approval for the application.