The Queen Creek Economic Development Team Wishes You a Happy New Year and Much Success in 2023.
Past Accomplishments
  • The Economic Development Department received their reaccreditation as an Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) through the International Council for Economic Development through 2025.
  • Staff hosted the 2022 Economic Development Summit that included an overview of economic development activities and a bus tour of the community and key development projects.
  • The new tourism website launched – https://visitqueencreekaz.com/
  • The Town was recognized with a Golden Prospector Award of Merit by the Arizona Association for Economic Development for Multimedia Promotion Website.
  • LG Energy Solution selected Queen Creek for their safe and sustainable clean energy facility. The Town and Pinal County will continue to work on this exciting project and continue to promote the site adjacent to SR24 as an advanced manufacturing corridor for high tech companies looking to expand domestically and globally.
  • Staff responded to numerous requests from ACA and GPEC for large employment projects interested in the 4,100-acre State Land site that was annexed into the Town in August 2019. The Town worked further with several major projects as they evaluated and/or conducted due diligence on the State Land site, with the potential impact of: an average of 4,323 jobs per project; annual wages per job ranging from $45,000 to $85,000; capital investment of $2.8 to $68.7 billion dollars per project; and 300 to over 1,000 acres per project.
  • The Town’s first large-scale speculative industrial development was approved, to provide 12 light industrial buildings with over 1 million total square feet. Footprints for each building range from 61,300 to 109,500 square feet. The groundbreaking for this project will occur in early 2023.
  • John Ahumada joined the team as the new Economic Development Specialist.
  • The Facade Improvement Program, which encourages improvements to the street-facing exteriors of commercial buildings in Downtown Core, provided $50,000 to several businesses in 2022.
  • Vineyard Towne Center (Phase I) at the northwest corner of Gantzel and Combs roads is under construction and will be anchored by Sprouts.
  • Businesses open – Torchy’s Tacos, Ike’s Sandwiches, Playa Bowls, Fry’s Marketplace opened in January 2022.

Looking ahead to 2023!
  • Construction will begin soon on Queen Creek's second hotel, Homewood Suites, just north of the Hampton Inn.
  • Costco, the anchor for the new QC Crossing commercial site, will open on the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Queen Creek roads on January 26, 2023. QC Crossing will also be home to a future Hobby Lobby.
  • Exciting projects in the Downtown Core are underway. Two new east-west connector roadways will commence construction in 2023 to help further the vision of a walkable downtown.
  • Our team is currently reviewing development proposals for Town-owned property in Downtown Queen Creek. Stay tuned for more details in 2023!
  • An update to the Town Center Plan that was completed in 2017 will be updated in 2023.
  • Future businesses to open – Dave and Busters, Ashley Furniture, Costco, Macayo’s, EOS, second QC Fry’s, second QC Sprouts, etc.

If you are interested in exploring opportunities in Queen Creek,
please reach out to one of our team members. Happy New Year!