Project Narrative

City of Mesa — Design Review Board (2026-08-11)

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SANDERS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS
2668 GRANT AVENUE OGDEN, UT 84401
T 801.621.7303

May 12, 2025

City of Mesa Development Services
55 N. Center Street

Mesa, AZ 85201

Project Narrative

Mountain America Federal Credit Union (MACU) is a financial institution looking to serve its
members by expanding further in the City of Mesa area.

The branch building design is planned to be a 5,434 sf building footprint which includes offices
and spaces for conducting financial transactions. The drive-up canopy is planned to be 717 sf
footprint. The footprint has been designed to service member’s banking needs within the
location area and designed to accommodate up to 17 employees to service those needs.

Also included will be a drive thru with one (1) dedicated drive-thru teller lane and one (1)
dedicated drive-thru ATM lane. MACU has determined through past experience that during
peak times the drive-thru need will require two (2) lanes in order to meet the appropriate
demand. MACU’s hours of operation are 9am-6pm M-F and 9Yam-3pm on Saturday (closed
Sunday).

There is also a facilities building onsite. This building will be a support building for the facilities
management team; who maintain the branches in the greater Phoenix area. This building will
provide a small on-site storage for extra furniture or marketing materials. It will have a small
shop space in the garage for minor fixing of broken equipment. It has two (2) offices for facilities
team personnel. The garage will hold maintenance vehicles.

MACU would like to break ground by winter 2025. Construction for typical MACU branches
takes nine months for completion.

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M. Shane Sanders, AIA, NCARB
Managing/Design Principal
SANDERS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS