Council backs Bidwill project near Loop 101, an article from The Arizona Republic, reports that the Glendale City Council approved the Bidwill family's first private development, a mixed-use project that features the highest density undertaking in the city's history and among the highest in the Valley.

A skyscraper should rise nearly 40 stories, but 10 acres is set aside for an organic farm, and environmentally friendly features are woven throughout the 77-acre project. cbd 101, which refers to a central business district, is projected to create 23,000 jobs, yet its construction should preserve a nearby neighborhood where residents long feared encroachment from development along Loop 101.

The first phase should open in fall 2010 with an organic farm, a hotel, an office building, a parking structure and some residential units. Capped at a maximum of 850 residential units, the project will concentrate them on 9 acres with town homes, brownstones and 6- to 7-story midrise buildings.