Attachment E - In Favor- Support - GPA-MV-1-19-5.pdf

Murray Kerdman 
SCP 2009-C32-005 LLC - CVS Phoenix 
910 Park Lane 
Montecito, CA 93108 
805-969-4480  Phone 
805-720-6230  Cell 
805 969 7276   Fax 
mkerdman@gmail.com 
RE:  
PROPOSED CHANGE TO GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION 
The Village at Camelback Park; The Empire Group  
Case Numbers: Z-69-19 and GPA-MV-1-19 
May 22, 2020 
Dear Mayor Gallego, City Councilmembers, Planning Commissioners and City Staff: 
I own the CVS Pharmacy at the SWC of W. Camelback and 107th Avenue in Phoenix, and I 
would like to share with you my opinion about The Empire Group’s planning request to approve 
Proposed Change To General Plan Land Use Designation to build the 194 Unit The Village at 
Camelback Park as well as the Proposal to Change the Zoning of other Adjacent Parcels to 
Mixed Use. 
Over my career, I spent many years in Retail before becoming a Developer of Apartments, 
Condos and Retail Commercial Real Estate.  
From my experience, I cannot overstate the virtuous circle of growth afforded a community in 
increased Retail Sales, Property and Sales Tax Base and Employment created when new 
Housing Stock, in the form of new Townhomes, Condos, or Apartments get entitled and built. 
It is a certainty that CVS Pharmacy’s sales at the SWC of W. Camelback and 107th Avenue in 
Phoenix will increase substantially with the addition of the194 Additional New Housing Units 
resulting from approval of Proposed Change General Plan Land Use Designation for The 
Village at Camelback Park. 
Accordingly, I strongly urge you to embrace the opportunity on behalf of the growth of the entire 
community  by approving the Proposed Change To General Plan Land Use Designation to build 
the 194 Units at The Village at Camelback Park, as well as the request for a Mixed Use Change 
of Land Use for the land adjacent 
Attachment E

Thank you for your time and consideration. 
 
 
Sincerely, 
 
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Murray Kerdman