1. Leisure World
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 832-7451
Address: 908 S. Power Rd.
Description: One of the more established active-adult communities, Leisure World, located 30 miles from metropolitan Phoenix, consists of 2,664 homes and over 4,000 residents. It has 2 large recreation centers, two 18-hole golf courses, security gates, a 24-hour mobile patrol, and minibuses that shuttle to nearby shopping centers. Resale homes are 1-, 2-, or 3-bedroom. You can also choose from 1-, 2-, or 3-bedroom condominiums, garden homes, and duplexes, with prices starting around $170,000.
2. Sunland Springs Village
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 984-4999, (800) 777-7358
Address: 2233 S. Springwood Blvd.
Description: Located in Mesa, close to the Superstition Mountains, the slightly more affordable active-adult community (age 55-plus) of Sunland Springs Village offers 3,000 units of 2- to 3-bedroom homes and condominiums with prices ranging from around the $190,000s to the $350,000s. You’ll find pools, tennis, shuffleboard, and an 18-hole golf course with driving range and chipping and putting greens.
3. Crescent Run
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 373-8500
Address: 8500 E. Southern Ave.
Description: An 11,000-square-foot recreation center is the centerpiece of this community of 300 manufactured homes with over 330 lots available. It’s also a gated community, with amenities that run the gamut from pools, putting green, and tennis to craft rooms, exercise classes, and a library. On the grounds is an 8-acre park with a natural grass amphitheater.
4. Hacienda De Valencia
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 832-6081
Address: 201 S. Greenfield Rd.
Description: The Hacienda has room for 365 mobile homes. Amenities include 2 pools, a hot tub, a horseshoe pit, a gazebo area for barbecues, a social hall, a card room, a billiards room, an exercise room, and community center.
5. Las Palmas
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 396-2172
Address: 215 N. Power Rd.
Description: Las Palmas is huge—539 spaces to be exact. Recreation facilities include swimming and therapy pools, with a continuous roster of planned activities within the community. There’s also tennis, shuffleboard, bocce, horseshoes, hiking trails, and a large clubhouse with meeting and game rooms.
6. Palmas Del Sol Country Club
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 641-3385
Address: 6209 E. McKellips Rd.
Description: There are courts aplenty here, along with pools, hot tubs, and shuffleboard. The manufactured-home sites number 467.
7. Leisure World
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 832-7451
Address: 908 S. Power Rd.
Description: One of the more established active-adult communities, Leisure World, located 30 miles from metropolitan Phoenix, consists of 2,664 homes and over 4,000 residents. It has 2 large recreation centers, two 18-hole golf courses, security gates, a 24-hour mobile patrol, and minibuses that shuttle to nearby shopping centers. Resale homes are 1-, 2-, or 3-bedroom. You can also choose from 1-, 2-, or 3-bedroom condominiums, garden homes, and duplexes, with prices starting around $170,000.
8. Sunland Springs Village
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 984-4999, (800) 777-7358
Address: 2233 S. Springwood Blvd.
Description: Located in Mesa, close to the Superstition Mountains, the slightly more affordable active-adult community (age 55-plus) of Sunland Springs Village offers 3,000 units of 2- to 3-bedroom homes and condominiums with prices ranging from around the $190,000s to the $350,000s. You’ll find pools, tennis, shuffleboard, and an 18-hole golf course with driving range and chipping and putting greens.
9. Crescent Run
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 373-8500
Address: 8500 E. Southern Ave.
Description: An 11,000-square-foot recreation center is the centerpiece of this community of 300 manufactured homes with over 330 lots available. It’s also a gated community, with amenities that run the gamut from pools, putting green, and tennis to craft rooms, exercise classes, and a library. On the grounds is an 8-acre park with a natural grass amphitheater.
10. Hacienda De Valencia
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 832-6081
Address: 201 S. Greenfield Rd.
Description: The Hacienda has room for 365 mobile homes. Amenities include 2 pools, a hot tub, a horseshoe pit, a gazebo area for barbecues, a social hall, a card room, a billiards room, an exercise room, and community center.
11. Las Palmas
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 396-2172
Address: 215 N. Power Rd.
Description: Las Palmas is huge—539 spaces to be exact. Recreation facilities include swimming and therapy pools, with a continuous roster of planned activities within the community. There’s also tennis, shuffleboard, bocce, horseshoes, hiking trails, and a large clubhouse with meeting and game rooms.
12. Palmas Del Sol Country Club
City: Mesa, AZ
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (480) 641-3385
Address: 6209 E. McKellips Rd.
Description: There are courts aplenty here, along with pools, hot tubs, and shuffleboard. The manufactured-home sites number 467.