Good morning, Eastmark. An extreme heat warning runs through 8 PM Friday with afternoon highs of 109 to 112, so get outdoor errands done early this week.
- 🏠 Mesa's median sale price is $452,500. Down 1% from a year ago, with homes taking 55 days to sell.
- 🛒 An Aldi is coming to 6853 E Elliot Road. The grocery chain filed for a beer and wine license at the site.
- 🚒 Mesa is suing two fire truck manufacturers. The city says it was overcharged on apparatus.
- 🥕 Eastmark Farmers Market is back Saturday. Plus the entrepreneur meetup Tuesday and gaming club Friday at The 'Mark.
- 🎓 BASIS Mesa opens campus tours Tuesday and Thursday. K-5 Tuesday, grades 6-12 Thursday, 1 PM both days.
- 📌 Still tracking. Sprouts at EastMarket, Apple on Signal Butte, Liv at Eastmark, and Brakes Plus.
Mesa's housing market has flattened
Mesa's median home sale price is $452,500, down about 1% from a year ago, and the typical listing now sits nearly two months before it sells.
Key facts:
- Median sale price: $452,500, down 1% year over year
- Median days on market: 55
- Homes sold: 546
- New listings: 538
- Source: Redfin Data Center, for the period ending May 31, 2026
The two numbers worth sitting with are the last two. With 538 homes hitting the market against 546 that sold, supply and demand are running almost exactly even, which is what a flat price line looks like from the inside. That matters more in Eastmark than in most Mesa neighborhoods: the final new home here sold in 2025, so every Eastmark listing is now resale inventory competing against the rest of the city rather than against a builder's model row. Fifty-five days is the practical takeaway for anyone thinking about listing before the holidays.
What to watch: whether days on market climb past 55 as the fall listing season opens. Details.
The week
What's on the calendar at the Gateway Library, on the west side of Inspirian Parkway.
- 📚 Monday. Sensory Storytime at 9:30 AM, built for kids with sensory and neurodiverse needs, with dim lighting and lots of movement. Baby Lapsit follows at 10:30 AM. Details.
- 🧸 Tuesday. Toddlertime at 10 AM. Space is limited and tickets go out 15 minutes before the start. Details.
- 📖 Tuesday night. The Worth the Hype? book club meets at 6 PM to argue about Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Adults. The premise of the club is deciding whether the buzzy pick actually earned the buzz. Details.
- 👶 Wednesday. Preschool Storytime at 10 AM, also ticketed at the door. Details.
Around Eastmark
- 🛒 An Aldi is headed to Elliot Road. Aldi (Arizona) LLC has applied for a new Series 10 beer and wine license, the retail license a grocery store needs to sell packaged beer and wine, at 6853 E Elliot Road in council District 6. There is no existing license at the address, which means a new store rather than a change of ownership. The application went to the Mesa council agenda on July 27. Details.
- 🍕 Rosati's Pizza is opening down Ellsworth. The Chicago-style chain is preparing a Queen Creek location on Ellsworth Road, between Johnson Ranch and Power Ranch. Same road that forms Eastmark's west boundary, roughly 20 minutes south. Details.
- 🚒 Mesa is suing over fire truck prices. The Mesa Tribune reports the city is taking REV Group and Oshkosh Corporation to court over fire apparatus costs, alleging price fixing. Fire trucks are one of the largest single line items in a city equipment budget. Details.
- 🏄 The city is backing Cannon Beach. Per the Tribune, Mesa is supporting the Revel Surf project with a sales tax reimbursement, alongside a Tapestry by Hilton hotel attached to the development. Details.
- 📕 Mesa wants reading volunteers age 50 and up. AARP Foundation Experience Corps Mesa pairs older volunteers with kindergarten through fourth-grade students who are still working toward reading confidence. Details.
🏘️ EastMarket & Builders
This week around The 'Mark and the Great Park.
- ☕ Eastmark Entrepreneur, Tuesday at 8:30 AM. Coffee and networking in the classroom at The 'Mark, 10100 E Ray Road, with a spotlight on one local business. Open to anyone running something, at any stage. Details.
- 📐 Design Review Committee, Wednesday at 2 PM. The committee meets weekly at The 'Mark to work through submitted design applications. If a paint color, a wall, or a yard project is in the queue, this is the meeting it moves through. Details.
- 📖 Women's Bible Study, Wednesday. In person from 10 to 11:30 AM, virtual from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Email Barbara Breen for locations. Details.
- 🎮 Gaming Club, Friday from 5 to 8 PM. Every other Friday in the classroom at The 'Mark. Details.
- 🥕 Eastmark Farmers Market, Saturday from 7 AM to noon. Back in the Great Park parking lot just south of the Gateway Library. Vendor applications are open at eastmarkmarketaz.com. Early is the move in August. Details.
From the schools
- 🏫 BASIS Mesa runs two campus tours. The K-5 primary tour is Tuesday at 1 PM and the grades 6-12 tour is Thursday at 1 PM, both at 5010 S Eastmark Parkway. Kindergarten families get a look at the full-day and half-day classrooms. Details.
- ⛳ Eastmark High School golf plays Thursday at 3 PM. The boys varsity team faces McClintock and Shadow Mountain. Details.
Still tracking
Quick check-in on stuff covered in past editions:
- 🛒 Sprouts at EastMarket (Ray and Ellsworth). Construction underway. Building wraps up around August, Sprouts opens Q4 2026.
- 🍎 Apple manufacturing on Signal Butte. Council approved the Foreign Trade Zone agreement in May. Site work continues.
- 🏢 Liv at Eastmark (NE corner Ellsworth and Ray). 208 apartments across 12 buildings, recently approved. Construction next.
- 🔧 Brakes Plus Mesa (Ellsworth and Elliot). Auto shop still working through council site plan tweaks.
