Dominium Acquires Land for Phoenix-Area Affordable Housing
The developer plans to build 400 units at the site.
Dominium has acquired a site located at 15235 West Lower Buckeye Parkway in Goodyear, Ariz., where it plans to build Vivir at Ballpark Village, a 400-unit affordable housing community. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program will help finance the development.
Other participants in Vivir at Ballpark Village include Freddie Mac, Capital One, U.S. Bank and Barclays, as well as the Arizona Industrial Development Authority. Dominium has not yet disclosed the project’s development cost, unit mix or expected completion date.
When it comes online, Vivir will include amenities such as a clubhouse, a fitness center, a swimming pool, a playground and other outdoor gathering spaces. WD Construction, a joint venture between Dominium and Weis Builders, will lead construction of the community.
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The company is currently at work on other affordable housing projects in greater Phoenix, including Townhomes on Earley, a 278-unit project located in Casa Grande, Ariz.
Housing affordability declines in Arizona
Against this backdrop of rising rents and cost-burdened renters, Dominium’s Phoenix-area pipeline, including Vivir at Ballpark Village, aims to expand the region’s supply of income-restricted housing.
Housing development has increased in recent years in Arizona, but demand continues to outpace supply as costs continue to overpower incomes. That dynamic is increasing the number and percentage of cost-burdened households, according to a 2025 report from the Arizona Research Center for Housing and Economic Solutions at Arizona State University.
This is a recent reversal of the housing picture in the state, the report notes, since not too many years ago, the state boasted relatively low housing costs. By 2023, over half of renter households in Arizona are cost-burdened, as population growth, in-migration and investor activity have driven rents upward.
ASU’s rent-price index for Arizona stood at 96.9 in 2010, below the national benchmark of 100. In other words, rents were below the national average, and well below places like California (158 in 2010) and Florida (108.7 in 2010). By 2023, however, Arizona rents were above the national average, at 108.6.
