Partial Article From the East Valley Tribune
Action! Mesa eyes movie studio project
Ed Taylor, Tribune
August 22, 2009 - 3:06PM
With the housing market slow, a Gold Canyon home developer is focusing on a new goal — turning east Mesa into east Hollywood. Vince Stark, president of CBC Inc., plans to develop a $70 million movie studio complex on 55 acres that he partially owns at the northeast corner of Hawes and Germann roads...
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He said construction could begin by the middle of next year if Mesa approves light industrial zoning for the land, which is zoned for agricultural use.
The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear the case Oct. 21.
Other pieces will have to fall into place if Gateway Studios is to become reality. Stark said the Arizona Legislature needs to extend tax incentives for movie makers, which are scheduled to expire at the end of 2010.
“State incentives would be the determining factor” in whether the project is built, he said.
Stark is working with the Arizona Film and Media Coalition, an industry lobbying group, to try to get the extension approved.