One of the three nine-hole courses at the Westin Kierland Golf Club in north Phoenix could be turned into close to 500 homes, and the plan's first public vote is set for Monday, Nov. 2 (via Axios Phoenix). Host Hotels & Resorts, which owns the resort, wants to rezone the Mesquite course for a project it calls Copper Residences.
The site sits near 66th Street and Greenway Parkway, right along the Phoenix-Scottsdale line. The other two courses, Ironwood and Acacia, would stay in play as an 18-hole layout.
The Paradise Valley Village Planning Committee takes up the case first. If it moves forward, it heads to the Phoenix Planning Commission and then to the City Council, which has the final say.
The city's case file, Z-169-25-2, covers about 72 acres split by Greenway Parkway. According to the applicant's planned unit development narrative on file with Phoenix, the pieces break down like this:
North of Greenway (about 16 acres): up to 180 units, which can be condos or hotel units, in buildings up to four stories and 54 feet tall. The narrative describes it as high-end, for-sale multifamily, and the project website says condo-hotel use is possible.
South of Greenway (about 56 acres): up to 314 homes in three pockets, with roughly 78 townhome or duplex lots on the northwest side, about 148 detached single-family lots in the middle, and about 88 more townhome or duplex lots along the east edge. Most of that area is capped at two stories and 30 feet; the eastern strip allows a roof deck up to 45 feet.
Add it up and you get a maximum of 494 units. That's down from an earlier version that Axios said reached nearly 800 homes. Host has said the revision also adds parks and public trails, and the project site lists about 12,900 linear feet of trails, a 2-acre pocket park and a 5-acre linear park.
The project site says the north parcel may be built by Host itself, a partner or a buyer, while the south side is expected to go to homebuilders. It also says the Mesquite course would keep operating until January 2028.
This is Host's third application on the course, ABC15 reported in August, and neighbors have fought each version. The Kierland Community Alliance still wants the committee to reject the plan, according to Axios. Republican state Rep. Matt Gress asked the committee to vote no, citing density, traffic, drainage concerns and the loss of the fairway.
Alliance chairwoman Amy Satterfield told ABC15 that residents bought their homes expecting the course to stay. "Why would anyone want this beautiful piece of open space to disappear?" she said.
Water is part of the backdrop. Host isn't pitching the project as a fix for Arizona's water problems, but using less water than a golf course is one of its main selling points, Axios noted. The PUD narrative says the redevelopment is meant to cut high-water-use turf.
The village committee meets at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the multipurpose room at the Paradise Valley Community Center, 17402 N. 40th St. The applicant's project site lists a Planning Commission hearing on Dec. 3 and a City Council hearing on Jan. 6, 2027; those dates could shift depending on how Monday goes.
Why it matters for Contractors
If this gets approved, it's one of the few chances to see new detached homes and townhomes go up inside an established, high-end part of north Phoenix. The south side is slated for homebuilders, so framers, concrete crews, landscapers and finish trades who already work for Valley production and semi-custom builders should keep an eye on who ends up buying those lots.
Don't plan around it yet. Even with a yes vote, each phase still needs site plan approval, the course stays open into 2028, and the neighborhood opposition is organized. The applicant's materials also call for sewer upgrades, including roughly 3,200 feet of 24-inch line along Sweetwater Avenue, which could mean utility and site work ahead of vertical construction.
For now, the useful move is simply to follow the case. Monday's committee vote is advisory, but it's the first read on whether this one has legs.