Howard Hughes is advancing plans for Teravalis, a proposed desert community west of Phoenix designed to accommodate about 400,000 residents. At full build-out, the project could provide more than 130,000 homes alongside 60 million sq ft of commercial space.
The scale places Teravalis among the largest long-term master-planned developments in the US housing market. Its residential capacity would require a broad range of housing delivery over time, while the commercial allocation points to an ambition for a substantial employment, retail and services base within the wider community.
According to HousingWire, the development’s eventual programme combines large-scale housing with extensive non-residential construction. The figures describe the project at completion rather than near-term delivery, underscoring the long development horizon associated with new communities of this size.
For property professionals, Teravalis illustrates how major greenfield schemes are increasingly assessed beyond housing-unit totals. Commercial capacity, infrastructure delivery, access to services and the sequencing of neighbourhood construction will shape how a community of this scale develops in practice.