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5,300-acre West Valley development scales back to focus on homes
Article originally posted in the Phoenix Business Journal on Nov. 2, 2026.
A 5,300-acre master-planned community in Peoria originally entitled decades ago for 8,000 homes, three golf courses, a resort and up to 2 million square feet of commercial space is scaling back on those original ambitious plans that had been laid out by the previous developer.
The Saddleback development is entitled for 800 hotel keys, but Austin, Texas-based Castle Hill Partners has no immediate plans to include a hotel or golf courses, said Carlee Ryan, vice president of development at Castle Hill Partners.
“We have an entitlement for both commercial and hotel but we are not actively in planning or development for either at this time,” Ryan said.
Instead, the expansive community will include as many as 6,500 homes and another 180 multifamily units surrounded by more than 60 miles of trails, including a signature 13-mile Saddleback Trail.
Five homebuilders are under active construction on sections of the land where dozens of wild burros roam.
Miami-based Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) and Scottsdale-based Taylor Morrison Home Corp. were the first two homebuilders to buy the first 572 lots at Saddleback in March 2025.
Today, they have 33 homes under contract, Ryan said.
David Weekley and Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) are slated to open sales early next year, while Scottsdale-based Cameback Homes is set to break ground on its 19-home luxury enclave later this year.
Those homes will range between 3,000 and 5,500 square feet on lot sizes averaging a third of an acre.
The first homeowner will be moving into the first home on the development, which is a Taylor Morrison home, Ryan said.
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