The latest decision by the Arizona Court of Appeals could signal the end to a more than 15-year-long litigation battle involving improper land deals in Buckeye.
The appeals court affirmed a more than $70 million judgement made last year against land developer Conley Wolfswinkel.
Wolfswinkel has been involved in the litigation over a 13,000-acre parcel zoned in Buckeye for a master planned community.
The land is not developed and is just west of the White Tank Mountains. It is zoned for 17,000 units that were never built.
Buckeye economic development director David Roderique said the fallow land, while involved in high costs in the courts, did not directly impact the fast-growing city.
“If there’s anything we have, it’s land. So any potential demand has been absorbed by other places. So more people are buying in Festival, for example.”
Del Webb Festival Ranch nearby is another master planned community. Meanwhile the future development of the disputed land is unclear.
