A new apartment complex and a self-storage facility look to be coming to a spot on the west side of Glendale.
The city council at its Tuesday voting session will consider adopting an ordinance to approve a rezoning application for a 24-acre project titled 101 & Northern Avenue (Thompson Thrift Storage) at the southeast corner of Northern and 99th avenues.
The planned area development narrative calls for an apartment complex consisting of three buildings totaling 234 units on 11 acres. The other portion of the parcel is targeted for a self-storage facility.
Thompson Thrift Retail Group is the project developer.
Figures show apartment complexes continue to ascend from the ground around Glendale.
According to planning data from the city’s development services department, from 2019 through September 2022, 18 apartment complexes with a total of 3,569 units gained approval for construction. In the previous four years, 2018 through 2015, Glendale saw just three apartment complexes with 640 units go up.
That’s a 500% increase in complexes and 458% jump in total units from one four-year stretch to the next. And the apartment complex growth is not limited to any particular area of town. Construction on those approved in 2021 and 2022 is taking place in seven different ZIP codes.
