Update:
The Quail Canyon homes project has been approved by the Pima County Board of Supervisors. Thank you for your support!
Project Details
Quail Canyon Homes
Is Community Driven
Designed by and
for Tucson
The Quail Canyon Homes’ team has deep roots in Tucson and a vested interest in seeing their community thrive. The team is committed to ensuring the final project brings positive benefits to all stakeholders, including adding much needed housing stock, creating local jobs, and responsibly mitigating impact to the environment, traffic, neighboring communities, and more.
Community
Collaboration
The project as currently proposed reflects valuable community feedback and input, including an over 40% reduction in total units, moving the bridge to connect with Oracle Rd. to reduce traffic on Rudasill Rd., increasing buffers to the eastern hillside to add more space from existing homes, adding energy and water efficient design characteristics, and reducing the overall footprint of the site to increase natural open space. Together, we can create a vibrant and healthy neighborhood that fits with the character of our existing community.
Prioritizes Sustainability
The homes will be specifically designed to be energy and water use efficient, including the utilization of smaller yards, sustainable materials and specifications, and native landscaping. The entire project, including both single-family homes and apartment units, will use approximately half the water as the former golf course in this area.
Preserves over 31 Acres of Open Green Space
The Project preserves nearly 60% of the entire property as open space – including over 25 acres of natural undisturbed open space that will protect the Pima Wash and native plants within it. This natural undisturbed green space will create a wildlife corridor to ensure unimpeded connectivity within the Pima Wash between the Rillito Creek and the Catalina Mountains. The Project will protect all native plants within the area, enhance neighborhood livability and connectivity, enhance pedestrian and bicycle access and safety, and protect valuable surface and groundwater resources including the Pima Wash.
31.3
Acres Total Open Space
60%
Open Space
25.4
Acres Natural Open Space
Spotlight
Local Opinion: Housing crisis needs creativity, not NIMBY-ism
Southern Arizona, like the entire country, is in the midst of a housing crisis.
High demand and dwindling inventory have caused the median home price in Tucson to rise 34% in only two years, and apartment rents have seen a 30%-plus increase in only a year.
One solution, both here and nationally, is to build more housing at all levels. We know that low-income housing is part of the answer for our unhoused neighbors, but how do we build attainable housing for our ever-growing community at large? And can we responsibly develop housing in an environment where water and habitat preservation are so critical? I think we can.