PHOENIX—Officials from Watt Communities of Arizona and Southern California-based parent company Watt Communities have broken ground on Dorsey Lane, a 51-unit, for-sale upscale urban living townhome project in central Tempe. Dorsey Lane is the first of five infill urban living communities, with a construction value of more than $25 million, scheduled to break ground by Watt in metro Phoenix this year.

Dorsey Lane is located on three acres just south of the southwest corner of Broadway Road and Dorsey Lane in Tempe. It is surrounded by Dorsey Crossing, a mixed-use residential, office and commercial services project, and within minutes of the Loop 101, Loop 202 and US 60 Superstition freeways. Dorsey Lane is also just one mile from Arizona State University and the nearby Mill Avenue/Tempe Town Lake employment corridor.

Steve Pritulsky, president and CEO of Watt Communities of Arizona, tells GlobeSt.com, “We used a number of market resources to calibrate thinking and had a good idea of what the site would be well suited for. We saw what worked in the area and what didn't work so well—and this notion has been well-received before. There is an amazing level of strong employment growth in the area, along with urban amenities—ASU was also a big factor.