D.R. Horton is looking to add to its pipeline of housing projects in the Phoenix region.
The Texas-based homebuilder filed pre-application documents on Aug. 25 with the city of Mesa to build Quenton Mesa and Solterra at Meridian — two communities that would collectively add more than 100 single-family homes and 200 townhouses.
The two projects would be built about 15 miles apart in two neighborhoods with vastly different average home values.
The homes in Quenton would join the housing mix in the upscale Citrus neighborhood in Mesa. Homes in this neighborhood carry an average home value of $1.28 million as of August 2025 — more than double the average home value in the Phoenix metropolitan area of $577,354, according to Homes.com data.
Solterra would be built in Mesa's Superstition Country neighborhood in Mesa, where homes carry an average value of $421,255 as of August, according to Homes.com data.
'Ideal setting for proposed development'
Quenton would be located in north Mesa, just off the Loop 202 highway. The project's narrative shows D.R. Horton is planning 22 units on a more than 9-acre parcel with nearly three acres dedicated to open space.
Solterra, eyed for east Mesa along U.S. 60 Highway, would comprise 92 single-family lots and 234 townhouses. D.R. Horton filed both a rezoning and annexation application for the project, as the 36-acre site is located within Maricopa County jurisdiction and would need to be annexed into the city before it can be built.
"The site represents an ideal setting for the proposed development," D.R. Horton wrote in its project narrative. "The site is situated near planned commercial land uses, ensuring that essential retail, dining and service opportunities will be easily accessible to future residents of the proposed development."
The narrative added that Solterra would offer a diverse mix of homes, appealing to different lifestyles and feature more than 12 acres of open space.
As of Aug. 27, no dates have been set for Quenton and Solterra to be heard by Mesa's Planning and Zoning Board.
D.R. Horton could not be reached for comment for this story.
Publicly held D.R. Horton is the nation’s largest homebuilder based on 93,311 sales last year, according to Builder Magazine.