Stone & Speedway
Stone & Speedway is Phase IV of the HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Housing Strategy and will bring 119 units of mixed-income housing to a highly visible site at the southwest corner of Stone Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. Located across from Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus and directly along Tucson’s planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor, the development is adjacent to a proposed BRT station, providing residents with convenient access to education, employment, services, and transit.
The project is being co-developed by El Pueblo Housing Development (EPHD) and Gorman & Company and designed by Tucson-based architectural firm Poster Mirto McDonald. The development will be constructed in two phases and will include three multi-story residential buildings arranged to respond to the surrounding neighborhood context. A five-story building will front North Stone Avenue, a four-story building will face West Speedway Boulevard, and a third building will transition down to two stories along North 9th Avenue, creating a compatible edge with the lower-density Dunbar Spring neighborhood.
In accordance with Choice Neighborhoods requirements, at least 20% of the development’s units will be market-rate housing, helping create a mixed-income community. Affordable units will be available to households earning up to 50% of the Area Median Income (AMI). The first phase of the project will include 56 units consisting of 42 one-bedroom, 12 two-bedroom, and 2 three-bedroom apartments. Of these, 44 units will be affordable and 12 will be market-rate.
Stone & Speedway will feature a range of resident amenities designed to support quality of life and sustainability, including in-unit washers and dryers, community gathering space and patios, mixed-use community benefit space, indoor and outdoor bicycle parking, landscaping, public art, solar panels, on-site security measures, and 95 parking spaces across both phases of development.
Construction of Phase I is anticipated to begin in Summer 2027 and be completed in Winter 2028. Phase II is expected to begin in Spring 2028 and be completed in Fall 2029.
Community Meeting – March 2, 2026
The City of Tucson hosted a community meeting on November 24, 2025 at the Dunbar Pavilion to share information about the project and gather feedback on preliminary draft development concepts. During the meeting, the project team presented updated development concept plans prepared for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) submission and reviewed design changes made in response to prior community input.
The meeting included an extended Q&A session, followed by an open house–style discussion where participants could review the site layout and updated renderings in greater detail and continue conversations with the project team. Feedback stations were set up to collect input on potential project names and design options for the western portion of the site along 9th Avenue.
Community Meeting – November 24, 2025
The City of Tucson hosted a community meeting on November 24, 2025 at the Dunbar Pavilion to share information about the project and gather feedback on preliminary draft development concepts. Attendees were invited to provide input on a range of design considerations, including street frontages and neighborhood transitions, open space amenities, color palettes and accent materials, as well as ideas for public art, building signage, and the project name.