Redevelopment Commission approves South Anchor conditional use permit for ground‑floor housing

The Town of Gilbert Redevelopment Commission on May 21 approved a conditional use permit for the South Anchor project that allows 31 ground‑floor residential units within a 175‑unit, mixed‑use development at the northwest corner of Gilbert and Elliot roads.

The permit, identified as UP25‑15, passed by a 4‑0 vote after staff and the applicant said the ground‑floor units had been anticipated in the project’s request-for-proposal (RFP) and memorialized in the development agreement. Kristen Devine, senior planner for the town of Gilbert, told commissioners the hearing before them was strictly for the use permit; the public will see a separate design‑review submittal next month.

The project site covers about 2.8 acres and includes two buildings — a residential structure wrapped around a parking garage and a separate commercial building — with a paseo linking the two. The development proposes 175 residential units in total, 31 of them on the ground floor (predominantly one‑bedroom units…