TARTESSO a fabulous new master planned community features the work of 8 of the valley’s better known builders. It is located just to the west of the White Tank Mountains. The first phase is to the west of the Sun Valley Parkway with 3,300 homes.  Additional phases will be to the east with the commercial center planned for the I-10 intersection.     This will be one of the largest commercial centers ever designed for a specific new community.   It will in addition to a large assortment of shopping facilities have a movie theater a hospital and hotels.  The community has three kinds of parks, the “Pocket Park”  will be the small next door play areas, the Neighborhood Parks are larger and have sports courts and recreational facilities while the Community Sports Park is even larger with lighted courts, sports fields and playgrounds. The planned trail system will link each homeowner with each other and the amenities of the community.  It is planned to link with the Buckeye trail system into the White Tanks. The K-8 neighborhood school will open in August 2007 and the High School is expected to open in 2009.

Homes in Tartesso have “base prices” starting from the $150,000s, lot premiums and options are added to the base price.